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Wichita Clinic broke ground on August 26, 2004 on a 120,000-sf day surgery center and medical office complex at Founders' Circle in Wichita, Kan. Designed by architectural firm Wilson Darnell Mann , the $26-million facility will house an 8,000-sf digital imaging center and provide services in pain management, orthopedics, ear, nose, and throat, physical therapy, opthalmology, and general surgery. The general contractor for the project is Hutton Construction. Construction is expected to reach completion in fall of 2005.

FedEx Freight broke ground in late August 2004 on its new $5 million operations hub in Greensboro, N.C. The 65,000-sf facility is sited on 30 acres and will feature 106 dock doors for loading and unloading cargo, with the potential to expand the building by another 40 doors in the future; 56,000 sf of storage pods will also be constructed. Completion is expected in eight to nine months.

Montgomery College has selected Foulger-Pratt to develop a potential $150 million life science and technology park on its Germantown, Md., campus. With a focus on developing wet lab space, the 35-acre parcel will house 700,000 sf to 800,000 sf of offices and lab space. The estimated development cost is between $100 million and $150 million; completion of the first phase is slated for early 2007. A technology incubator will be developed on a five acre section of the site.

The University of Denver opened the $8.6-million Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women on September 9, 2004 . The 32,000-sf facility will house three organizations: The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, the Women’s College of the University of Denver , and Higher Education Resource Services, Mid-America (HERS).

Otterbein College is engaged in $5.75 million in planned or ongoing construction projects at its Westerville , Ohio campus. Project currently under way include