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The University of Massachusetts Boston will begin construction in fall of 2010 on the $60 million Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Housing classrooms, archives, an exhibit hall, and a life-size model of the U.S. Senate floor, the technology-rich building will promote dynamic learning and engagement in the field of history. The 40,000-sf project was designed by Rafael Viñoly and will be sited adjacent to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. Occupancy is expected in 2013.

The University of California, Santa Barbara began research at the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering in mid-2010. The $6.3 million laboratory was created by renovating 10,337 sf in the existing Biological Sciences 2 Facility. The collaborative stem cell research facility includes a core laboratory with a high-throughput sequencing apparatus, offices, conference rooms, and support. Additionally, the $6 million CIRM 2 (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine 2) is currently under construction with completion expected in June of 2011.

Montana State University's Eastern Agricultural Research Center broke ground on a $2.5 million facility in Sidney in July 28, 2010. The building will house three research labs, two greenhouses, offices, and a large meeting room. The general contractor for the 10,000-sf project is Fisher Construction.

CSL Limited will construct a biopharmaceutical R&D facility in Broadmeadows, Victoria. The $235 million project includes infrastructure improvements to CSL’s existing manufacturing campus to enhance integration with the new building. The R&D facility will support late stage development of treatments for cancer, bleeding disorders, inflammation, and infection.

Roswell Park Cancer Institute will renovate 20,763 nsf in the Cancer Cell Center building in Buffalo, N.Y., to house the Tumor Immunotherapy Program. The project is supported by $4.67 million in federal stimulus funding.