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Hy-Vee donated $500,000 toward the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital building campaign, officials announced on Friday. Construction of the 14-story building began in 2012 and officials say the $292 million, 480,000 square-foot pediatric hospital is set to open in 2016. The Children’s Hospital is currently located throughout UI Hospitals and Clinics, but the new facility will be a dedicated hospital for pediatric patients and their families.The University of Iowa Foundation is working to raise $50 million in private donations for the project and has raised more than $29 million to date, officials said in a news release.