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Appalachian State University has awarded the Charlotte office of Bovis Lend Lease the $40-million contract to build its new 210,000-sf central library complex in Boone. Consisting of one level below ground and five levels above, the facility will house electronic and traditional information resources and over 800,000 volumes. Included in the project is construction of a 300-car parking garage, renovation of the existing library, and demolition of Whitener Hall.

Camden County College is due to break ground on a 320,000-sf project designed by architect Bower Lewis Thrower of Philadelphia. The 8-story, $15-million development will include 37,000 sf of labs, classrooms, a community information technology center, and a 6-story, 200,000-sf parking garage accommodating 650 cars. A bookstore is included in the 13,500 sf of retail facilities.  

Rowan University's new $35-million science building is being developed in Glassboro, N.J., by contractor Bovis Lend Lease of Princeton, N.J. Slated for completion in December 2002, the three-story, 150,500-sf facility was designed by Cambridge-based Ellenzweig Associates.

Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and Payton Construction Corp. of Boston recently completed the conversion and renovation of Building 36 in Charlestown. The 72,000-sf renovation of the former Massachusetts Water Resources Authority building was delivered in three phases. The new facility will provide 20% more student lounge and study space, 30% more lab space, and 40% more classroom space than the Institute's previous Boston location.

Campbell University is relocating its Research Triangle Park campus, formerly located at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, to 21,000 sf in the Southport Business Park near RTP in Morrisville. The new campus, named Research Triangle Park Center, includes a 10-year lease of 14 classrooms in the Windsor Building.