Georgia State University’s deal to close, with partners, on $30 million worth of property at Turner Field and turn it into a $300 million development may seem like big news. But it is just the latest in a long line of in-town deals the university, led by President Mark Becker, has completed.
In the past 17 years, GSU completed the following projects, many after Becker came on board in January 2009:
•Student Center —- 124,000 square feet, opened fall 1998
•North Metro Center —- 49,720 square feet, opened 2000
•Student Recreation Center —- 174,000 square feet, opened 2001
•Aderhold Learning Center —- 160,000 square feet, opened fall 2002
•University Lofts (435 beds) —- opened summer 2001
•University Commons (2,000 beds with 786-space parking deck) —- opened fall 2007
•Library renovation and expansion —- completed in 2008
•Patton Hall —- 79,777 square feet, opened fall 2009
•Decatur Street pedestrian improvements —- completed in 2010
•Piedmont Avenue pedestrian improvements —- completed in 2011
•Piedmont North Student Housing (943 beds with 315-space parking area) —- opened fall 2010
•Parker H. Petit Science Center —- 360,000 square feet, completed July 2010
•Piedmont North Dining Hall —- completed fall 2011
•Alpharetta Academic Facility —- 45,000 square feet, completed fall 2011
•Outdoor student recreation facility —- football and intramurals practice fields, completed in 2012
•25 Park Place Tower Renovation (five floors) —- completed December 2012
•Campus master plan update —- completed December 2012
•Sand volleyball courts —- completed in 2012
•100 Auburn Avenue renovation —- completed August 2013
•Indian Creek Lodge —- 4,900 square feet, completed December 2013 Humanities Law Building —- 200,000 square feet, scheduled completion by July 2015
Upcoming projects
•Science Park Phase II —- collaborative and flexible research labs with academic support space, scheduled completion by July 2015
•25 Park Place Tower continued renovations
Source: Georgia State University
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