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The Georgia Institute of Technology will construct the Nanotechnology Research Center on its Atlanta campus as early as next year, with official occupancy to follow in three years. Funded by a $36-million pledge from an anonymous donor, the facility will be sited where the university’s old nuclear reactor building now stands.

Temple University has broken ground on University Village, a $30-million student apartment complex in Philadelphia. The three-building complex will house 750 students in 221 apartments. Titan Investments of Denver is constructing the facilities, which are being financed with private funds.

Modern art museum The Phillips Collection recently broke ground on a $54-million expansion of its Washington, D.C. building. The addition will include an education center, library, auditorium, a café, and expanded exhibition space.

Neurocrine Biosciences is developing the first phase of a 13.4-acre project in San Diego's Carmel Valley. Designed by Dowler Grumman Architects, the 200,000-sf, two-building project is being constructed by Ledcor Petty Construction.

Sul Ross State University has selected the San Antonio office of Corpus-Christ-based Braselton Construction Co. as the general contractor for a $13 million science renovation and addition project. The laboratories of the Warnock Science building will be completely renovated, including upgrades to the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. A 11,000-sf, three-story addition to the Warnock facility will house two 80-seat lecture halls and a 60-seat planetarium/lecture hall.