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  • PARE’s Melchert Brings Big Ten Collaboration Home as HEFMA President

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | May 13, 2025
    Paula Melchert, senior campus planner for Planning, Architecture and Real Estate (PARE) is now serving as president of the Higher Education Facilities Management Alliance (HEFMA), a professional association focused on shaping the future of campus planning and facilities management at Big Ten universities. “It’s been a privilege to serve alongside such a thoughtful and dedicated group of coll...
    The HEFMA group smiling for a photo while standing outside in The Oval.

  • In the News: Hoffsis Makes Power 125 List

    hedman.11@osu.edu | May 7, 2025
    The Ohio State University's Planning, Architecture and Real Estate (PARE) vice president Amanda Hoffsis has made the Columbus Business First 2025 Power 125 list - a group of community and business leaders making an impact on the economic development of the region. The list is selected by the outlet's editors and this marks the second straight year she's made the Power 125.Hoffsis oversees PARE, t...
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  • In the News: The New Face of Our Campus

    holman.126@osu.edu | April 16, 2025
    The Spring 2025 edition of Ohio State's Alumni Magazine highlighted 23 buildings on the university's Columbus campus that were supported in part by Time and Change: The Ohio State Campaign. Capital funds from the campaign helped support the addition of new buildings and modernizing ones that have been used by Buckeyes of the past. Read Full Article ...
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  • In the News: FAES Moving Livestock Programs to New Waterman Facilities

    holman.126@osu.edu | March 10, 2025
    The Ohio State University is in the process of selling two properties along Dublin-Granville Road. The properties (3455 and 2575 Dublin Granville Road) were deemed to be no longer needed within Ohio State’s strategic plans. The university is under contract for the sale through the PARE real estate team as the buyers work through their due diligence.As reported by Columbus Business First, the...
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  • City of Ohio State Podcast Season 4, Episode 2: PARE with Chris Potts and Rebekah Gayley

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | February 26, 2025
    From facility planning and space management to capital investment and Framework 3.0, Planning, Architecture and Real Estate (PARE) is shaping the future of the Ohio State campus for years to come. Hear from Chris Potts, director of Facility Planning and Rebekah Gayley, assistant director of Facility Planning, on how their team’s work impacts everything from classrooms to major campus projects.&nb...
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