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The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center has selected California-based Shea Properties to redevelop its 30-acre 9th Avenue campus in Aurora, Colo. The campus, housing the 350-bed University Hospital, the Graduate School of Medicine, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy, accommodates over 60 clinical treatment and research programs. Plans for the site describe a large mixed-use development including office, retail, residential, and parking.

St. Bonaventure University is expanding the science facilities at its Olean, N.Y., campus. Ground was broken in April 2004 on the first of two planned structures sited next to the 104-year-old DeLaRoche Hall, the oldest academic building on campus. The facilities are funded by a $4.5-million NASA grant, plus $1.4 million in federal Housing and Urban Development grants.

Mayo Clinic Hospitals broke ground in April 2004 on a 162,000-sf outpatient clinic on its campus in Northeast Phoenix. Slated for completion in late 2005, the facility will house radiation, oncology, and transplant services.

Hospital Clermont Ferrand University has awarded a subsidiary of Pasadena, Calif.-based Jacobs Engineering Group the three-year, $117-million contract for a renovation and relocation project in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Working with France’s Architect Group 6, the project is the sixth on which the two companies have collaborated. A maternity facility will be integrated into the hospital’s general surgery complex as part of the project scope.

Miami University is planning the construction of the $5 million Voice of America Learning Center in West Chester Township, Ohio. The latest design describes a conference center, five classrooms, two computer labs, and a 120-seat auditorium. Accommodating 75 courses per week, the facility is expandable to an additional 10,000 sf. A wireless network linked directly to the Butler County fiber-optic loop will enable instructors to brief students from remote locations.