Biomedical research facility is being built at University of Maryland, Baltimore

The University of Maryland, Baltimore is beginning construction of a $305 million, 429,000-square-foot biomedical research building. The Baltimore Sun says the structure will be the largest on campus and provide space for a research enterprise that officials say is bursting at the seams. State money will cover all but $65 million of construction costs; the university plans to raise the remainder from private sources.