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Clarian Health will break ground in November of 2010 on a $192 million research complex in Indianapolis. Occupying nearly six blocks, the five-building project includes construction of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence and administrative offices. Occupancy is expected in 2012. The project developer is Shiel Sexton.

The University of South Florida began construction in October of 2010 on the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS) in Tampa. The Beck Group is providing design and construction for the $25 million project, which will include up to 60,000 sf of medical training laboratories, simulation suites, and lecture halls. The three-story facility will also provide up to 30,000 sf of office and classroom space. Completion is expected by December of 2011.

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) is planning to build a $42 million biomedical research facility in Rootstown, Ohio. The 77,000-sf building will support research on cardiovascular diseases, obesity, diabetes, osteoarthritis, Alzheimer's disease, tinnitus, deafness, and cancer. Construction is expected to begin in 2011.

SAFC completed a 50,000-sf expansion of its Jerusalem bioprocessing facility in October of 2010. The project houses cGMP fermentation suites for the production of recombinant proteins and small molecules. The expansion includes a 30,000-sf BSL-2 facility. 

The University of California, Los Angeles opened the 9,700-sf Integrated Systems Nanofabrication Cleanroom (ISNC) at the California Nanosystems Institute in October of 2010. Providing Class 100 and Class 1,000 research space for the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the David Geffen School of Medicine, the facility features two integrated bio-suite bays for work with biological samples. The ISNC houses $8 million in equipment, including an electron beam writer and an ASML optical stepper.