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Merck will construct its Asia research and development headquarters in Beijing. Located in the Wangjing science and technology park, the 505,904-sf facility will provide laboratory and office space for 600 employees. The building will accommodate drug discovery, translational research, clinical development, regulatory affairs, and external scientific research programs. The first phase of construction is expected to reach completion by 2014.  

Glasgow College is planning $315 million in new facilities in downtown Glasgow in the United Kingdom. The project comprises 650,000 sf of new buildings to create the City Centre Campus, as well as extensive redevelopment and expansion of the Riverside Campus. Construction is expected to begin in summer of 2013 and reach completion by 2016. 

Colorado State University will begin construction in June of 2012 on a $19.5 million renovation of the Animal Sciences Building in Fort Collins. Plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and telecommunications systems will be replaced in the 41,558-sf building, which will house renovated teaching labs and classrooms.

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science completed construction in December of 2011 on the Center for Blue Biotechnology. Located in Boothbay, Maine, the facility houses labs, offices, support, the National Center for Marine Algae, and the Single Cell Genomics Center. The project represents the first phase of a $33 million campus redevelopment that will include the $11.4 million Center for Ocean Health and the Center for Ocean Biogeochemistry and Climate Change. The completed campus will include 60,000 sf of research space. 

Brigham and Women's Hospital is planning a $450 million research and clinical building in Boston. The medical foci of the 360,000-sf facility will be immunology, neuroscience, genomics, and regenerative medicine. Completion is expected by 2016.