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North Carolina A&T State University Plans Student Center
North Carolina A&T State University began site work in June of 2015 for a $90 million student center in Greensboro, N.C. The three-story, 150,000-sf facility will provide a central commons area, a 500-seat lecture hall, conference and study rooms, offices, restaurants, a bookstore, and a 250-seat dining facility. The project was designed by Cannon Design and Vines Architecture and is being built by a partnership of Balfour Beatty Construction, D.H.
University of Glasgow Plans Imaging Centre of Excellence
The University of Glasgow began construction in fall of 2015 on the $25 million Imaging Centre of Excellence at the South Glasgow Hospitals Campus in Scotland. Designed by BMJ Architects, the project includes redevelopment of an existing building to provide advanced medical research space for neurological and cardiovascular conditions and will feature a 7-Tesla clinical MRI scanner.
Green Cross Biotherapeutics Builds Montreal Facility
Green Cross Biotherapeutics began building a $256 million biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Canada in June of 2015. Located on the Montreal Technoparc's Saint-Laurent Campus, the project will support the production of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) and albumin products, and will act as the company's North American headquarters. The 225,000-gsf facility is expected to be fully operational in 2019 and will accommodate 200 scientists, engineers, and support staff. Green Cross Biotherapeutics is headquartered Yongin, South Korea.
Portland State University Plans Viking Pavilion and Education Center
Portland State University will break ground in January of 2016 on the Viking Pavilion and Education Center. The $32 million project includes construction of a 3,100-seat venue for public events and renovation of the existing Peter W. Stott Center to provide 30,000 sf of classroom and study space for programs in health and exercise science.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Opens Clinical Sciences Pavilion
Cincinnati Children's Hospital opened the $205 million Clinical Sciences Pavilion in June of 2015. The 15-story, 445,000-sf translational research tower will house over 1,500 scientists, clinicians, and staff engaged in the application of medical discoveries to patient care. The facility features a three-story atrium, a clinical trials center, advanced imaging suites, and laboratories and offices arranged in research neighborhoods to foster interaction and collaboration. Construction began on the pavilion in 2012.