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University of Nebraska Medical Center Breaks Ground on Eye Institute
The University of Nebraska Medical Center broke ground on the $30 million Truhlsen Eye Institute in Omaha in December of 2010. Housing research and clinical space for the department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the 47,000-sf facility will feature a diagnostic imaging center and specialty clinics. Completion is expected in 2012. A planned second phase of construction will provide surgical suites.
Construction Continues on Singapore University of Technology and Design
The $700 million Singapore University of Technology and Design is slated for completion in 2013. Developed in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school will provide interdisciplinary education in engineering, architecture, and information systems and will support the development of new teaching paradigms. Ground was broken on the project in July of 2010.
Kemwell Partners with Boehringer Ingelheim on Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
Kemwell is partnering with Boehringer Ingelheim to construct a biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Bangalore, India. Ground was broken on the 15,000-sm greenfield facility in December of 2010. The cGMP plant will support process development, fermentation, purification, and formulation of biologics for early-phase preclinical and clinical studies. The project includes a fill and finish facility and suites for microbial fermentation and the production of protein therapeutics from mammalian cell cultures.
Duke University Opens Expanded Lemur Center
Duke University opened two new facilities at the Duke Lemur Center in December of 2010. The $10.4 million project was designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent and is located in Durham, N.C. The Releasable Building provides dry lab space and housing for 60 lemurs in a free range environment sited on 69 forested acres. The Semi-Releasable Building includes a wet lab for biological and chemical analysis and houses 80 lemurs with limited outdoor access.
UW-Madison Opens Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
The University of Wisconsin-Madison opened the $205 million Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery in December of 2010. The 300,000-sf facility houses research offices, an atrium, and flexible dry, wet, and combination laboratories. Ground was broken on the interdisciplinary biomedical research building in May of 2008. Built with four stories above ground and one below, the project will support collaborative research in biotechnology, health science, nanotechnology, engineering, and stem cell research.