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Baylor University will break ground in December of 2013 on the $99 million Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation in Waco, Texas. Designed to support collaborative learning, the 275,000-sf facility will provide technology-rich classrooms, a 350-seat auditorium, faculty offices, and a central atrium for the Hankamer School of Business. Completion is expected in July of 2015.

Cambridge University Hospital is planning to build The Forum on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the United Kingdom. Designed by NBBJ, the $202 million development will include a post-graduate medical school, a 100-bed private hospital, a 198-room hotel, and a 55-seat conference center. The project will be built using general contractor Laing O'Rourke's ‘Design for Manufacture and Assembly’ system of modular construction.

The University at Buffalo broke ground in October of 2013 on the $375 million School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Located on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, the eight-story, 628,000-sf facility will provide active learning environments, surgical and patient care simulation centers, a gross anatomy lab, administrative and departmental offices, and 150,000 sf of flexible, multidisciplinary laboratories.

Wallace State Community College will open its $25 million nursing and biology building in January of 2014. Located in Hanceville, Ala., the 125,000-sf facility will provide nine biology classrooms, nine nursing classrooms, a simulation center, two computer labs, a 500-seat auditorium, and a café. General contractor Doster Construction of Birmingham began building the facility in fall of 2012 and construction is expected to reach completion in November of 2013.

Nova Southeastern University will begin construction in January of 2014 on the $80 million Center for Collaborative Research in Davie, Fla. The 220,000-sf facility will provide a genomics research center, wet laboratories, and business incubator space for biotech companies.