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Indiana University is building the Center for Young Children on its Indianapolis campus. The 24,000-gsf (17,087-asf) center is part of a Presidential initiative to improve availability of childcare on college campuses by investing in facilities. Accommodating a total of 240 part- and full-time children, the building will contain two modules with age-specific classrooms in each. The $3.4-million project was designed by CSO Architects.

The planned $25-million FedEx Technology Institute at the University of Memphis is slated for completion in May 2003. Designed by a joint venture of The Crump Firm and Looney Ricks Kiss, the facility will house computer labs, a training room, hardware and software development labs, a technologically equipped forum, collaboration suites, a cyber-café and an exhibit area. Occupancy is anticipated in August 2003.

The University of Memphis has completed the $15-million Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management. The 82-suite building with meeting, ballroom, and service restaurant facilities was designed by Guy Payne and Associates and built by Mayer Construction.

The University of Memphis renovation of Wilder Tower is slated for completion in late August 2002. The building, designed by a joint venture of Allen and Hoshall and WPA, will house centralized student services including registration, financial aid and counseling. General contractor for the $12-million project is Jameson and Gibson.

The Indiana University in Bloomington is renovating Myers Hall, built in 1937, to house the Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology Education Center. The renovation will involve code-compliant infrastructure improvements, will add research space and increase teaching lab flexibility. Architects Payette Associates and Frank M. Adams Jr. & Associates designed the project, which includes a tri-level medical library stack area.