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Concordia College is planning to create an integrated science complex in Moorhead, Minn. Designed by EYP Architecture and Engineering and Foss Architecture, the $45 million project includes the complete renovation of two conjoined facilities totaling 108,000 sf and construction of a three-story, 58,000-sf atrium. The complex will support collaborative, discovery-based learning in mathematics and the sciences with neighborhoods of classrooms, laboratories, and offices interspersed with informal study and social spaces.

Mercer University School of Medicine is engaged in an $18 million expansion of its Savannah campus at Memorial University Medical Center. Allowing an increase in enrollment from 160 to 240 students, the project includes renovation of 26,500 sf in the Hoskins Center for Biomedical Research to create updated classrooms, offices, labs, and library space. A 31,000-sf addition will be constructed to provide exam rooms for clinical training, simulation labs, tutorial rooms, student study spaces, and a student lounge.

360 Pharma Group will begin construction in late spring of 2015 on a 300,000-sf headquarters and distribution facility in Mason, Ohio. Sited on a 47-acre campus, the $16 million project will provide office and warehouse space and will accommodate approximately 225 employees. Occupancy is expected in summer of 2016. 360 Pharma Group is the parent company of Masters Pharmaceutical, MHC Medical Products, and logistics firm RxTPL.

The College of Lake County broke ground in March of 2015 on the $28.3 million Science and Engineering Building in Grayslake, Ill. The project includes construction of a three-story, 41,900-sf facility housing four laser and photonics labs, five chemistry labs, and an engineering lab. Additionally, 25,000 sf of existing space will be renovated to create labs for biology, microbiology, and anatomy and physiology.

CBRE Group announced in late March of 2015 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Global WorkPlace Solutions (GWS) business of Johnson Controls. GWS is a market-leading provider of Integrated Facilities Management solutions for major occupiers of commercial real estate and has significant operations around the world. GWS will operate as part of CBRE’s Global Corporate Services (GCS) business, providing clients with a full range of combined occupier services including CBRE’s leasing expertise and GWS’s engineering technologies.