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Mount Nittany Medical Center opened its 52,000-sf east wing expansion in August of 2010. The three-story, 68-room addition was built by Alexander Building Construction. The facility houses an intensive care unit and inpatient rooms. Mount Nittany Medical Center is located in State College, Pa.

Oregon Health and Science University will build two research support facilities at the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Portland, Ore. Supported by $4 million in federal stimulus funding, the project includes outdoor group housing for non-human primates and a 2,344-nsf clinic and hospital facility.

Sutter Health is planning to build a $550 million medical center in San Carlos, Calif. The project was put on hold in 2009. Pending approval by Sutter's board, construction is expected to begin on the 170,000-sf complex in early 2011.

Fitchburg State University is planning a $42 million expansion of Condike Science Center in Fitchburg, Mass. The 54,700-sf addition will house classrooms and teaching and research labs for biology and chemistry. The existing science center will be renovated to provide faculty offices and classrooms for physics and geophysical sciences.

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine is expanding its Drug Discovery Core Facility in Hershey. Supported by $2.78 million federal stimulus funding, the project includes renovation of 6,600 sf on the second floor of the Biomedical Research Building. Consolidating and integrating shared resources for research, the project will provide contiguous offices with dedicated data analysis workstations as well as communal space for faculty and student users.