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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will build out 33,660 nsf of shell space in the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute in Little Rock to house translational research laboratories. Supported by $10.4 million in federal stimulus funding, the collaborative facility will support the development of mechanism-based, molecularly-targeted novel cancer therapeutics.

Tufts University Medford will renovate 19,627 nsf of existing wet lab space to house the Collaborative Cluster in Genome Structure and Developmental Patterning. Accommodating 70 scientists, the sustainably designed research facility will be contiguous with the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. The project is supported by $9.4 million in federal stimulus funding.

San Bernardino Valley College opened four new facilities in August of 2010. The three-story, 55,000-sf North Hall houses classrooms for arts, humanities, social science, and criminal justice. An 18,000-sf media center, a 5,600-sf custodial building, and a 7,700-sf maintenance and operations building were also constructed. The four facilities have a total footprint of 82,000 sf and a construction cost of $55 million. Additionally, a 40,000-sf science building is slated for occupancy in 2011.

The Canadian federal government has selected Cambridge Bay in Nunavut as the site for the planned High Arctic research station. The multidisciplinary facility will operate year-round and is slated for occupancy in 2017. Featuring advanced laboratories and a technology development center, the station will support research on climate change, resource development, and health surveillance.

A $285 million expansion and renovation of Clovis Community Medical Center is slated for completion in 2013. A five-story inpatient tower will add 96 beds to Clovis’ existing 109 bed facility. Upon completion, the hospital will also include a dedicated women’s pavilion. Ground was broken on the project in February of 2010.