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The University of Kentucky began construction on an $18.6 million research facility for the College of Engineering in downtown Lexington in September of 2008. Part of the University’s Digital Village quadrangle, the Marksbury Building will support research in computer visualization, computer science, and electrical and computer engineering. Completion is slated for early 2011.

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) awarded $45 million in research funding in December of 2008. The awards will support the development of infrastructure to attract investigators to Canadian institutions. Part of the Leaders Opportunity Fund, the grants will encourage the recruitment of researchers to Canadian organizations in a highly competitive international market. For more information, visit www.innovation.ca.

Freeman Hospital is constructing the £80 million Northern Centre for Cancer Care and Renal Services in Newcastle in the United Kingdom. Designed by Anshen + Allen, the facility was named “Best Hospital Design” in the Building Better Healthcare awards in November of 2008. The project is slated for completion in 2009 and is part of a £300 million renovation of Freeman Hospital.

Mead Johnson Nutrition broke ground on the $26.2 million Global Research and Development Technology Center in Evansville, Ind., in December of 2008. Housing pediatric nutrition research, the 30,000-sf facility will feature a pilot production spray dryer for testing trial formulations of products in powder form. Completion is expected in summer of 2010.

Florida Hospital Kissimmee's 85,000-sf outpatient center and medical office building is slated for completion in fall of 2009. Chicago-based Lillibridge began construction on the project in September of 2008. The facility will house an ambulatory surgery center, outpatient imaging, orthopedic care, OB/GYN services, and a two-story atrium. Florida Hospital Kissimmee is also planning to build a patient tower.