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Algonquin College opened the $79 million Centre for Construction Excellence in Ottawa in November of 2011. Designed by Diamond + Schmitt Architects in collaboration with Edward J. Cuhaci and Associates, the 190,000-sf facility provides classrooms, studios, laboratories, and shops. The project is designed to function as a teaching laboratory for sustainable construction and comprises a five-story tower and a two-story wing.

Yeshiva University's Einstein College of Medicine opened the Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory in New York in November of 2011. The mission of the Cognitive Neurophysiology Lab is to understand how the brain function of individuals with disorders such as autism, attention deficit disorder, and childhood schizophrenia differs from that of their peers. The facility includes a new 5,000-sf lab with specialized rooms that allow researchers to control sound and other stimuli.

The Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering (JSNN) opened in Greensboro, N.C., in November of 2011. The $64 million project was created collaboratively by North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The facility was built by a joint venture of Samet Corp., Barton Mallow, and SRS Inc.

Novavax is expanding its operations in Gaithersburg, Md., with the long-term lease of 74,000 sf of manufacturing, lab, and office space in two buildings. The main facility will undergo renovation to become Novavax's primary commercial-scale plant for cGMP production of seasonal and pandemic VLP influenza vaccines. Completion is expected in mid-2012. The company's corporate headquarters will be relocated to the second building at the same campus.

The Department of Veterans Affairs broke ground in November of 2011 on a 1.1 million-sf hospital campus in Aurora, Colo. The $800 million facility will include 182 beds, a spinal cord center, a research building, a nursing home, and ambulatory care facilities.