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grew 7%, resuming its upward track
after easing back in the previous two
months.
Hotel construction posted a 15%
November gain, featuring the start of
the $265 million Mohegan Hotel in
Uncasville, Conn. as well as a $126
million hotel in Chicago.
Office construction advanced 7%,
lifted by the start of the $254 million
Partners HealthCare headquarters in
Somerville, Mass. and the $245 mil-
lion Joint Operations Center for the
U.S. Army at Ft. Meade, Md.
Both stores and warehouses lost
momentum in November, slipping 5%
and 7%, respectively.
The institutional building group
in November increased 12%, aided
by a healthy gain for transportation
terminal work, up 221%. The trans-
portation terminal category reflected
the start of the $1.6 billion airport ter-
minal redevelopment program in Salt
Lake City.
Healthcare facilities reported a
13% gain in November, and includ-
ed groundbreaking for such projects
as the $312 million Emory Hospital
Patient Tower in Atlanta, Ga. and the
$276 million Cleveland Clinic Cancer
Center in Cleveland.
Also showing growth was the
public buildings category, improving
12%.
On the negative side, educational
facilities slipped 6% in November, al-
though the latest month included the
$327 million expansion of the Cam-
pus Crossroads project at the Univer-
sity of Notre Dame in South Bend,
Ind. involving three buildings for
classrooms, research, and student ac-
tivities.
Weaker activity was also regis-
tered by churches, down 18%; and
amusement facilities, down 36%.
During the first 11 months of
2014, nonresidential building climbed
17% relative to the same period a year
ago.
Manufacturing plant construction
surged 82% year-to-date, pushed up-
ward by the large projects in Novem-
November construction
jumps 13 percent
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