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Camden County College is due to break ground on a 320,000-sf project designed by architect Bower Lewis Thrower of Philadelphia. The 8-story, $15-million development will include 37,000 sf of labs, classrooms, a community information technology center, and a 6-story, 200,000-sf parking garage accommodating 650 cars. A bookstore is included in the 13,500 sf of retail facilities.  

Rowan University's new $35-million science building is being developed in Glassboro, N.J., by contractor Bovis Lend Lease of Princeton, N.J. Slated for completion in December 2002, the three-story, 150,500-sf facility was designed by Cambridge-based Ellenzweig Associates.

Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions and Payton Construction Corp. of Boston recently completed the conversion and renovation of Building 36 in Charlestown. The 72,000-sf renovation of the former Massachusetts Water Resources Authority building was delivered in three phases. The new facility will provide 20% more student lounge and study space, 30% more lab space, and 40% more classroom space than the Institute's previous Boston location.

Campbell University is relocating its Research Triangle Park campus, formerly located at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, to 21,000 sf in the Southport Business Park near RTP in Morrisville. The new campus, named Research Triangle Park Center, includes a 10-year lease of 14 classrooms in the Windsor Building.

The Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT) is planning phase two of its Medford Campus development. The $19-million, 91,000-sf project involves 65,900-sf of additions including a new gym, auditorium, auto shop and television studio. Slated for completion in July 2005, the project is being designed by Design Collaborative of Cape May Court House, N.J.