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Electric Boat will create a submarine R&D Center at the site of Pfizer World Research’s former headquarters in New London, Conn. The global center for submarine excellence will house engineering and design space for the next generation of ballistic-missile submarines. The complex will be occupied in phases from July of 2010 through 2011.

Dow Kokam broke ground on a $600 million battery manufacturing facility in June of 2010 in Midland, Mich. Supported by $161 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, the 800,000-sf  project will produce lithium-ion battery packs for hybrid and electric vehicles. The facility will house up to 800 employees. Dow Kokam is a joint venture between Dow Chemical Co. and TK Advanced Battery LLC.

The Republic of Ireland will begin construction by year-end 2010 on a €750 million pediatric hospital in Dublin. Consolidating operations from three existing facilities, the project will provide 392 private inpatient rooms and 81 outpatient beds. Completion is expected in late 2014.

The University of Mississippi will construct a second research facility at the Thad Cochran Research Center in Oxford, Miss. Providing expanded research space for the university's National Center for Natural Products Research, the building will include FDA clinical research labs and a botanical specimen repository.  The project is supported by $31.7 million in funding from three federal agencies. Completion is expected in summer of 2013.

Rush University Medical Center will construct the 40,000-sf McCormick Center for Advanced Emergency Response in Chicago. Doubling the hospital’s emergency department, the project will be located in a 14-story hospital building currently under construction. Featuring an airflow system designed to isolate chemical and biological threats as needed, the center will provide 56 patient treatment bays and a disaster response center.