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Fortis Healthcare Breaks Ground on Gurgaon Campus
Fortis Healthcare is constructing the Fortis International Institute of Medical Sciences in Gurgaon, India. Construction began on the 350-bed hospital in August of 2007 with completion expected in early 2010. The project represents the first phase of a planned 950-bed medical campus sited on 10.7 acres.
University of Utah Plans Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building
The University of Utah will break ground in summer of 2009 on the $130 million James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building in Salt Lake City. The 193,000-sf project is part of the $500 million Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) and will anchor the University’s new Interdisciplinary Quadrangle. Housing advanced imaging and nanotechnology laboratories, the facility will include a 20,000-sf nanofabrication suite. The multidisciplinary building will support biomedical and neuroscience research.
University of West Indies Expands Medical School
The University of the West Indies is planning to build a $3 billion complex for its Faculty of Medical Sciences in Mona, Jamaica. Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2009. The facility will house five large lecture halls, teaching and research laboratories, computer labs, and a library for the departments of anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology, and physiology.
University of Texas at Dallas Breaks Ground on MSET
The University of Texas at Dallas broke ground in October of 2008 on the $29 million Math, Science, and Engineering Teaching-Learning Center (MSET). Slated for completion in 2010, the undergraduate instructional facility will house lecture halls, classrooms, and teaching laboratories for chemistry, physics, biology, and geosciences. The 76,000-gsf facility (45,000-asf) was designed by Kell Muñoz Architects.
MIT Constructs Media Lab Expansion
MIT is building a 160,000-sf expansion of its Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. The new extension is known as Building E14 and is slated to open in October of 2009. Designed by Maki and Associates of Tokyo, the six-story facility will house seven research laboratories, administrative offices, conference rooms, a 100-seat theater, and a two-level atrium.