Feature Â鶹´«Ã½: What's Next
Â鶹´«Ã½ is always on the move! A look at a few of the big plans for the University’s future.
As New Â鶹´«Ã½ City University marks its 90th anniversary, the institution is experiencing a time of enormous change and growth, positioning Â鶹´«Ã½ as a leading force for redevelopment in Â鶹´«Ã½ City.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Center for the Arts The project consists of the development of a 52,000-square-feet Center for Music Dance and Theatre, a 492-seat University Performing Arts Center, 11,800 square-foot of retail restaurants, and 160 market rate housing units.
A view of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s West Side Campus from the corner of Hernandez Way and University Place Boulevard.
UNIVERSITY PLACE:
In 2017, Â鶹´«Ã½ held a groundbreaking ceremony for the second of five mixed-used buildings at University Place, a $400 million redevelopment project that aims to create a unique sense of place between Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s main campus and the adjacent neighborhood. The two new buildings will together have more than 300 market-rate apartments, more than 11,000 square-feet of transformative commercial space on West Side Avenue, and parking for 303 vehicles. In 2016, Â鶹´«Ã½ celebrated the ribbon-cutting of its West Campus Village Residence Hall. The new facility doubled the University’s capacity to accommodate residential students. Future construction will bring additional shops, a supermarket, and other retail amenities, along with ample on-street parking and garages. Also planned are academic and non- academic facilities, including a center for the performing arts.
The newly renovated and expanded Science Building is now open to students at Â鶹´«Ã½ and houses the Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Physics departments. The building is equipped with 45 ultramodern teaching and research laboratories, a greenhouse, observatory, imaging center, cell culture lab, bio-informatics lab, and Geographic Information Science lab. The Science Building expansion project included a 40,000-square-foot, five-story addition and a 70,000-square-foot renovation of the existing Science Building in the center of the Main Campus.
