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Construction will begin in late 2011 on the $255 million Epworth Deakin Teaching Hospital in Waurn Ponds, Victoria. The 256-bed facility represents a partnership of Epworth Healthcare and Deakin University. The first phase of construction is slated for occupancy by 2013 and will provide 160 beds and an emergency department.

Holy Cross Hospital will begin construction in spring of 2011 on a 237,000-sf acute care hospital in Germantown. Featuring entirely private rooms, the facility will include a 12-bay emergency department, six surgical suites, five labor and delivery rooms, and an eight-bed special care nursery. The program manager is KLMK Group. Completion is expected in early 2014. A six-story patient care tower will also be built at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring.

Cleveland Clinic will open the $97 million Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center in July of 2011. The four-story, 197,000-sf facility includes a 14-patient chemotherapy area, an outpatient surgery center, a 24-hour emergency department, and multiple medical specialties. Ground was broken on the project in November of 2011.

Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) opened its new Hospital Pavilion in April of 2011. The six-story facility represents the completion of a six-year, $424 million expansion of AAMC’s Annapolis campus. The Hospital Pavilion tower includes an emergency department with a dedicated pediatric unit, 50 private patient rooms, and eight surgical suites. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.

Indiana University broke ground on the $44 million Jacobs School of Music Faculty Studio Building in Bloomington in April of 2011. Designed by Flad Architects with Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf as architect of record, the 85,000-sf (99,500-gsf) expansion will provide 84 teaching studios, 15 classrooms, practice rooms, administrative offices, and rehearsal rooms.