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THOMPSON'S STATION, TENN. — Mars Petcare and The Nutro Co. have broken ground on the $87 million, 90-acre Regional Innovation Center, located in Thompson's Station. The four-building property, which is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification, will serve as the companies' home base for creating future pet care innovations for its North American market. The buildings will include an Innovation Center building, Product Development Center, Shared Services building and the Pet Health and Nutrition Center. Nashville, Tenn.-based Hastings Architecture Association is the lead architect for the project and Brasfield & Gorrie's Nashville office is the general contractor. Completion is slated for spring 2014.