Capital Projects

FACILITIES

 A Facility Designed for Business: ($6 Million)

Currently headquartered in the Bayboro Station building on the south side of campus, a new USF St. Petersburg College of Business facility will expand upon and enhance the historic Dali Museum.  By remodeling existing space, along with new construction, the University will create a state-of-the-art, multi-use facility that will include modern classrooms, computer labs, faculty offices, study rooms, an auditorium and combined-use areas to serve groups for both academic and community outreach functions.

The new College of Business facility is anticipated to be a three- or four-story structure of more than 60,000 square feet.  When completed, it will broaden academic and research opportunities for students and will be designed as an environmentally responsible building to meet the rigorous standards of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. 

Your generous gift to help revitalize this prestigious building may be recognized through the naming of a significant space within the facility in the donor’s honor.  Possible naming opportunities include the lobby, special-events atrium, dean’s suite, board room, auditorium and faculty offices. Your gift may also be eligible for state matching funds.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING: (Conclusion Phase)

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg and the USF College of Marine Science are joined in a partnership to develop a mission critical Science and Technology Complex. In its costal location and its union with the internationally prominent USF College of Marine Science, USF St. Petersburg is strategically located to become the site of the nation’s most sophisticated and advanced set of programs of this type. The building will be a multi-function, multi-use complex. The expansion of the Environmental Science and Policy program at USF St. Petersburg creates a critical need for additional space for classrooms; laboratories for teaching and research; and offices for faculty, administrative staff and graduate and post-doctoral students.

CENTRAL LAWN LANDSCAPE PROJECT: (Conclusion Phase)

The Central Lawn project was conceived to establish a center of campus that would create a place for people without the conflicts of vehicular traffic. The design of the Central Lawn establishes a hierarchy of pedestrian spaces and walkways. It serves as a collector and coordinator of points of entry into buildings that frame and create the Central Lawn space. The walkways will follow and reinforce the city’s grid pattern. At the main focal point located at the intersection of what is now 2nd Street South and 7th Avenue South will be a fountain plaza with seating areas surrounding it. This plaza focuses on the opening between Bayboro and Davis Halls which frame the primary view of Bayboro Harbor. The walkway system has been designed to represent the links of a chain symbolizing the many links and affiliation this university has with the city, state and federal agencies and organizations.