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Harrisburg University worked with architects Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates to create the master plan for an 18-acre campus in downtown Harrisburg, Pa. Construction will begin on the first administrative building in May 2006. Student housing and a business incubator will be developed in 2007. Residential buildings with retail space will be constructed in 2009, as will the remaining research area. Construction of more educational space, student housing, a 300-car and 800-car parking garage, and a corporate center will follow.

San Jose State University  (SJSU) has opened the Space Technology Center and the Metropolitan Technology Center in the NASA Research Park in Mountain View, Calif. Both centers are sited in building 583C and share laboratory, office, and classroom space. The Space Technology Center, led by SJSU, is a government, industry, and educational consortium that includes Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and The Aerospace Corp.

DeVry University broke ground on the 84,000-sf Taylor Hall on February 6, 2004. Sited in Fremont, Calif., the dormitory features a gymnasium and a cafeteria. The facility is the first student housing constructed on any of DeVry’s 24 campuses and 42 centers in North America.

Texas NeuroRehab Center will break ground on a $6.5-million expansion of its long-term acute care unit at its South Austin facility in March of 2004. Increasing bed count from 31 to 47, the 9,200-sf project will add patient rooms and an indoor therapeutic pool. The project team consists of LZT Architects of Austin and general contractor American Construction LP. Completion is expected by year-end. Texas NeuroRehab specializes in the treatment of traumatic brain injury and neurological illnesses.

Maryland Regional Cancer Care is opening a $5-million oncology radiation clinic in Bowie, Md. in mid-March 2004. The 5,000-sf facility will provide a range of cancer treatments including high-dose rate and intensity-modulated therapy.