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Johns Hopkins Dedicates Armstrong Medical Education Building
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine dedicated the Anne and C. Michael Armstrong Medical Education Building in Baltimore in October of 2009. Supporting a progressive curriculum based on advances in genetic medicine and molecular biology, the $55 million facility will promote collaborative learning. The Armstrong Medical Education Building features teaching labs, an anatomy lab, and a simulated operating room. Construction began on the four-story, 100,000-sf building in early 2007.
Life Science Collaborative Plans Portland Facility
Five universities will partner to create the $200 million Life Science Collaborative Facility in Portland, Ore. The 300,000-sf project will be led by Oregon Health and Science University and Portland State University, with Oregon State University, University of Oregon, and Oregon Institute of Technology as partner institutions. Housing bioscience research and instruction, the building will include dedicated space for some institutions as well as shared collaborative space.
Georgian College Breaks Ground on Centre for Health and Wellness
Georgian College broke ground on the $65 million Centre for Health and Wellness in October of 2009. Located in Barrie, Ontario, the 165,000-sf facility will house outpatient medical care, a dental lab and clinic, and instructional facilities. Occupancy is expected in September of 2011.
M.D. Anderson-Orlando Cancer Research Opens Lake Nona Facility
The M.D. Anderson–Orlando Cancer Research Institute opened its 30,000-sf research laboratory in Orlando in October of 2009. The wet lab facility is located on the fifth floor of the University of Central Florida’s Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences building in the Lake Nona medical research district.
Medical Research Council Plans Cambridge Biomedical Campus
The Medical Research Council is planning to construct the 2.4 million-sf Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. The project will be developed by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Countryside Properties, and Liberty Property Trust. Housing facilities for biomedical research, clinical treatment, and instruction, the £900 million project will be located adjacent to the 270,000-sf Laboratory of Molecular Biology currently under construction at the site.