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The University of Toronto is building the four-story Health Sciences Complex in Mississauga, Ontario. Housing the Mississauga Academy of Medicine and laboratories for chemistry, forensics, molecular biology, and biomedical research, the $36 million facility is slated for completion in summer of 2011. The project manager is PMX Inc.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is designing a 45,000-sf addition to the School of Science and Engineering & Technology. The $25 million project will provide laboratories and a vivarium. A planned second phase of construction will include teaching and research labs, classrooms, administrative offices, and conference rooms.

The Queensland Institute of Medical Research broke ground in February of 2010 the $179 million Smart State Medical Research Centre in Brisbane. Housing 20 new research laboratories for the study of emerging infectious diseases, genetics, cancer, mental illness, and vaccine development, the 13-story facility will accommodate 400 scientists and students. Completion is expected in early 2012.

Genzyme is expanding its research facilities in Cambridge in the United Kingdom with the construction of a 10,000-sf addition atop its existing 8,000-sf Europe Research Facility. Doubling laboratory and office space, the project will expand pharmaceutical R&D capabilities as well as providing space for clinical trials.

The $36 million Disney Family Cancer Center opened in February of 2010 in Burbank, Calif. The outpatient facility provides cancer diagnosis and treatment, an integrative medicine unit, a pharmacy, a resource library, and research space. The four-story comprehensive cancer center also houses a chemotherapy infusion suite, a radiation oncology unit, and medical offices.