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University of Tennessee Medical Center opened its new $26 million Heart Hospital in April of 2010. Located in Knoxville, Tenn., the four-story tower will provide inpatient facilities for the hospital’s Heart Lung Vascular Institute. The project team included general contractor Johnson & Gaylon and architectural firm BarberMcMurry. The facility is attached to the existing medical center and features an endoscopy lab and a cardiovascular ICU with 24 private beds.

Pioneer Hi-Bred will begin construction in April of 2010 on a new research facility in Hermiston, Ore. The project will enable Pioneer to expand its agricultural R&D operations with a focus on the creation of corn hybrid products. Pioneer Hi-Bred is a DuPont business based in Des Moines, Iowa.

UC San Diego Health System will begin construction in early 2012 on the 490,000-sf Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla. The ten-story facility will provide 245 inpatient beds and will house the Hospital for Women and Children, the Cancer Hospital, and the Hospital for Advanced Surgery. Completion is expected in June of 2016. Designed to promote translational research, the $664 million facility will support interdisciplinary medical education and training. 

Isis Pharmaceuticals is expanding its operations in Carlsbad, Calif., with the lease of an additional 176,000-sf research facility. The building will be constructed by BioMed Realty Trust. The research facility will enable Isis to consolidate the majority of its drug discovery, development, and manufacturing operations in a single location.

Kaiser Permanente is partnering with Recurrent Energy to install solar power systems at 15 hospitals in California. Slated for completion by summer of 2011, the project will enable Kaiser to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The photovoltaic systems will produce approximately ten percent of the energy used annually at the sites.