Industry News

The $12 million Centre Technologique en Aerospatiale (CTA) opened in Saint-Hubert, Quebec, in November of 2011. The facility houses laboratories and advanced instrumentation for aerospace research and development. The Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal will use the facility to study the management of aircraft at the end of their life cycle. 

Victory Healthcare will break ground on the 95,000-sf Victory Surgical Hospital in San Antonio in November of 2011. The four-story facility will include a 14,000-sf emergency department, medical offices, and operating rooms for bariatric, orthopedic, and spinal surgery, including endoscopic neurosurgical procedures.

Mid-South Community College's Renewable Energy Center will open in January of 2012 in Memphis, Ark. The 35,000-sf facility will support education and training for the sustainable energy industry. The $9 million building will house five classrooms, a 200-seat lecture hall, a chemistry lab, and a biofuel research and production facility.

Roche opened a $271 million pharmaceutical research and development facility in November of 2011 in Basel, Switzerland. The five-story building will support the creation of new formulations for active pharmaceutical ingredients as well as producing materials for clinical trials. 

Wilfrid Laurier University has broken ground on the $103 million Global Innovation Exchange in Waterloo, Ontario. Housing the School of Business and Economics and the Department of Math, the 215,000-sf facility will feature a 1,000-seat auditorium and seven lecture halls. Designed to promote interdisciplinary collaboration, faculty offices will be dispersed throughout the building instead of clustered by department. Classrooms will also be shared by all three programs. Occupancy is expected in 2014.