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The Catholic College of Mandeville broke ground in December of 2010 on a $400 million campus in Williamsfield, Jamaica. The facility is sited on 11 acres and will provide state-of-the-art classrooms for 2,000 students.

Mercy Medical Center opened the $400 million Mary Catherine Bunting Center in Baltimore in December of 2010. The 20-story hospital provides 259 private patient rooms and 15 surgical suites with robotic technology, videoconferencing, and ceiling-mounted equipment. Garden space comprising 17,000 sf on three floors provides natural cooling for the 686,000-sf facility. The hospital also features a skywalk atrium leading from the Bunting Garage to a two-story lobby. The hospital was designed by Ellerbe Becket and built by Whiting-Turner.

The University of Iowa is engaged in a $60 million expansion of its Dental Science Building in Iowa City. The 33,000-sf project will house the Center for Clinical Excellence and offices for geriatric dentistry and endodontics. The general contractor is Larson Construction of Independence, Iowa. Completion is expected in fall of 2011.

The University of Alberta will build a $26.5 million stem cell research facility in Edmonton. Supported by $10.6 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the 10,000-sf regenerative medicine laboratory will be located on the seventh floor of the Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation. Completion is expected in 2013.

Bayer HealthCare broke ground in December of 2010 on a €35 million biologics production facility in Wuppertal, Germany. The five-story building will house 1,370 sm of cleanroom space on two floors for the production of therapeutics for clinical trails. The facility will also house offices, interaction space, and technology suites. Completion is expected in 2012.