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University of Plymouth Breaks Ground on Marine and Maritime Research Building
The University of Plymouth broke ground on a £38 million marine and maritime research building in March of 2011. Housing an advanced wave tank suite and a ship simulator, the facility will support research and development of marine energy and maritime industry technologies. The general contractor for the project is the Leadbitter Group.
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre Plans Building Complex
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre is planning to develop a $25 million horticultural research complex in Vineland Station, Ontario. Designed by Diamond + Schmitt Architects of Toronto, the project will include construction of a 28,000-sf laboratory and renovation of existing facilities. Construction is expected to begin in 2012.
NEA Baptist Health System to Break Ground on Jonesboro Hospital
NEA Baptist Health System will begin construction in May of 2011 on a $400 million health center in Jonesboro, Ark. A 550,000-sf hospital will provide 181 inpatient beds and is expected to reach completion in summer of 2013. An adjacent 213,000-sf medical office building will also be constructed. The project is designed by Earl Swensson Associates of Nashville to provide integrated patient care with each clinic department in the office building connecting to the appropriate hospital floor.
Medtronic Opens Singapore Operations Facility
Medtronic opened its $56 million Medtronic Singapore Operations (MSO) facility in March of 2011. The facility will house manufacturing and production space for advanced cardiac medical devices. MSO will also serve as Medtronic’s Asia headquarters and distribution hub. Medtronic is based in Minneapolis.
HealthSport Completes cGMP Manufacturing Facility
HealthSport’s integrated thin film production facility will open in April of 2011. Located in Oxnard, Calif., the 30,000-sf project will provide research, development, and cGMP manufacturing space for dissolvable bi-layer oral thin film products for delivery of pharmaceutical active ingredients through buccal absorption. The facility will have a production capacity of up to 480 million strips per year.