Construction crew works on the grand staircase at the new Student Life Center.
It seems quiet from the outside, but construction crews are hard at work converting the old Campus Activities Center into the new Student Life Center. The project is on track for the first phase to open in time for the start of the fall semester Aug. 27, said Matt Jensen, the project superintendent for building contractor Mills Gilbane. Designed by … Continue reading
The University of South Florida St. Petersburg has hired the St. Petersburg architecture firm Harvard Jolly to design a much-needed building for the College of Business. Harvard Jolly, which designed the addition to the St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, Sunken Gardens and the Albert Whitted Airport Terminal, will partner with Ikon 5 Architects of Princeton, N.J., the designer of … Continue reading
New University Student Center sign
The construction fences are mostly down, the landscaping is going in, furniture trucks are pulling up: The University Student Center is nearly complete. In fact, the builder, Creative Contractors Inc. of Clearwater, says the project is 95 percent finished. The building will be home to nearly 200 students who will occupy the six-story residence tower. Sodexo will provide the first … Continue reading
University Student Center 06-01-2012
The new University Student Center is now 90 percent complete as work crews from Creative Contractors finish final details on USFSP’s newest facility. Financed almost entirely through special fees sought and supported by students, the center will include a dining hall, meeting rooms, a game room and six floors of residential housing for nearly 200 students. When completed, the student … Continue reading
University Student Center is 75% complete. The entire building will be dried in with the completion of the northeast stair tower. Painting of the exterior also underway.