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MaRS Discovery District has selected Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc, the largest publicly traded U.S. life science realty company, to develop a 900,000 square foot high-rise office and laboratory complex that will include an of the atrium in the MaRS building. Jun 27, 2007

MaRS Discovery District has selected Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc, the largest publicly traded U.S. life science realty company, to develop a 900,000 square foot high-rise office and laboratory complex that will include an of the atrium in the MaRS building.

MaRS Discovery District announces the appointment of Michael H. McCain, President and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., to its Board of Directors.

Using 21st-century Infonaut is using software to create maps - the containment of disease - by showing infection patterns that can be understood at a glance.

March 12, at the MaRS Centrer Mr. Bob Dechert, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Erindale, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will present a Canadian Innovation Leader certificate to Intrafinity Inc. - an innovative company from Toronto that provides software services and products to create, publish and manage digital content and online learning.

A Canadian Federally Registered Charitable Organization since 1999, Homeland Int., Inc. seeks to provide housing and better-quality-of-living services to global communities. The non-profit organization seeks entrepreneurs, lawyers, mentors, philanthropists, corporate leaders, and others. These individuals and companies can donate their time, commitment, collective knowledge, management resources, and other skills towards assisting communities with social implementation strategies and many other community-building projects.

MTS Allstream Inc. ("MTS Allstream") announced that BMW Canada is the official green transportation partner for the 2009 Allstream Global Forum: An Evening with Vice President Al Gore, taking place on November 24, 2009 at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. MaRS Discovery District is one of the partners for the 2009 Allstream Global Forum. Nov 12, 2009

DLVR Therapeutics Inc. ("DLVR") - a privately-held biotechnology company announced it completed its seed round investment. University Health Network (UHN) and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) are investors in the company.

Earlier this week a new partnership between ClevrU, NewMindsets Inc., the York University Schulich School of Business, and MaRS Innovation was announced to help "bring a new standard to the online education market space."

CML HealthCare Inc is planning to automate it's current infrastructure to deliver greater volume and medical laboratory tests. CML is also working to commercialize early-stage technologies in medical diagnostics in partnership with an Ontario government agency known as MaRS Innovation.

"Antibe Therapeutics Inc. has filed a preliminary prospectus for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $3 million.

Founded in 2009 and launched late in 2010, Locationary Inc. is a Toronto-based company that synchronizes local business information from many different sources and broadcasts it to diverse kinds of customers. Its mission is "managing the world's local data."

InsureEye Inc. has introduced an online service intended to enhance transparency and provide consumers with a sneak peek at reviews for home, auto and life insurance.

The Working Group, Media Profile, Global Accelerator Network and Postmedia Network Inc. have also partnered with JOLT. JOLT was created by MaRS and is a new technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises connect, work and play.

InGamer Fantasy Inc., an innovator in real-time second screen gaming for sports publishers, announced that it has secured investment from a group of strategic investors. The funding round will be used to enhance InGamer's product offering and expand sales & distribution in preparation for their US launch in September, 2012.

Locationary Inc., which is dedicated to improving the quality of local business data for mobile and web content, has secured $2.5-million from new investors, including the Investment Accelerator Fund and Trellis Capital. Existing investors Extreme Venture Partners, Plazacorp Ventures, Angels and Management were also involved in the financing.

Dr. Geordie Rose, co-founder of D-Wave Systems Inc., was named Innovator of the Year by the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX). The event was held at the MaRS Centre.

This round of financing builds on a $2.2 million seed round raised in 2010, led by MaRS Innovation.

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Xogen Technologies Inc., an innovator in the wastewater treatment industry and a MaRS Client, has been selected for the Corporate Knights Next 10, a list representing Canada's best privately-held companies in the cleantech space.Tom Rand, Senior Cleantech Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District is on the Corporate Knights Next 10 advisory panel.

"Johann Olav Koss (Right To Play International), Michael Fergusson (Ayogo Games Inc.) and Sandrine Faust (Allô prof) are this year's recipients of Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Special Citation award for social entrepreneurship." Allyson Hewitt, Director of Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation Generation at MaRS is on the Entrepreneur of the Year's judging panel.