And live from Columbus, it’s campus construction! Curious students and alumni can observe campus construction in real-time on a new university website.
Time and Change: Building the Future is a university website that provides information on 14 construction projects. The website features interactive timelines, live video feeds, project budgets and information about the architects working on the projects, Dan Hedman, university spokesperson, said.
Columbus Underground recently provided an update in progress of the 15+HIGH project led by Campus Partners. As reported by the outlet, plans for 15+HIGH were first announced in 2015, and the first major new building in the district – the Wellington that holds apartments and a Target – was completed last summer.
The Lantern recently wrote about an exciting new project -- a $155.9 million Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Center.
According to the outlet, the construction of the center will include renovations to Hamilton Hall, located at the corner of 10th and Neil avenues, as well as construction of a new wing extending onto 10th Avenue. The new wing will form an enclosure to the space and create a quadrangle for student use as well as special events.
Columbus Business First provided an update on the progress of Ohio State's Ty Tucker Tennis Center. The project sought construction approval at this week's Board of Trustees meeting.
The outlet reported that construction will last from October 2019 to November 2020, and the center will include around 450 spectator seats and six indoor and outdoor tennis courts for the men’s and women’s teams.
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees will see the newest vision of the university’s planned Arts District at a meeting of the Master Planning and Facilities Committee today.
New renderings of the Arts District highlight a renovated Weigel Hall, home of the School of Music, and a new building for the Department of Theatre featuring new performance spaces, modern recital halls and high-tech classrooms. The presentation comes as the university seeks approval to increase professional services and enter into construction contracts for the district.
Columbus Business First recently wrote about a new parking and transportation study on the horizon at Ohio State. The publication wrote that Ohio State is asking the board of trustees this week to officially give the go-ahead to start a new comprehensive transportation and parking plan for campus.
The Ohio State University looks to advance three Wexner Medical Center ambulatory sites during upcoming Board of Trustees meetings.
Ohio State is seeking remaining design and construction approval for its planned regional ambulatory location at Hamilton Road and State Route 161 in northeast Columbus, a portion of design approval for a Dublin outpatient care site and funding for two enabling projects for the West Campus Ambulatory Facilities to be located on the Columbus campus.
Columbus CEO Magazine recently profiled Ohio State's west campus innovation district. Keith Myers, vice president of Planning, Architecture and Real Estate, told the publication that the reframed research park plan calls for the construction of 9 million to 12 million square feet of projects on the campus during the next 20 years or more.
Plans for three buildings have been announce including the Interdisciplinary Research Facility, Energy Advancement and Innovation Center and the Wexner Medical Center West Campus Ambulatory Facilities.
Smart Business interview Keith Myers, vice president of Planning, Architecture and Real Estate, about Ohio State's new innovation district planned for west campus. Myers expects to see the Interdisciplinary Research Facility, Energy Advancement and Innovation Center and the Wexner Medical Center West Campus Ambulatory Facility up sometime over the next 24 to 36 months. The buildings will support research and technology commercialization.
The development of West Campus, west of Kenny Road and south of Lane Avenue, has been a long time coming, university board members said on Thursday at a meeting of the Master Planning and Facilities Committee of the Board of Trustees.
Ohio State University has set its sights on its next frontier: the "western lands.”
The development of West Campus, west of Kenny Road and south of Lane Avenue, has been a long time coming, members of the Ohio State board of trustees’ Master Planning and Facilities committee said at a meeting Thursday.