As Texas State University continues setting enrollment records and is quickly exceeding projected population numbers, it’s undertaking a massive construction program totaling more than $600 million.
Texas State presently has at least 25 construction projects in various stages of development, according to Texas State’s Office of Facilities Planning, Design, and Construction Project Status Report. The project status report was compiled in February and will be updated in May, just before the Texas State Board of Regents meeting scheduled that month, said Nancy Nusbaum, Associate Vice President for Finance and Support Services.
“All of this construction is definitely a sign that we are growing and that we’re trying to improve the conditions of facilities for our students, faculty, and staff,” Nusbaum said, although she cautioned that future expansion beyond what is in the master plan may be difficult as the university’s financial resources are dwindling.
Projects under construction now total just under $300 million. Those are in addition to $150 million in projects completed in recent years including a new Student Recreation Center and two parking garages.
The most expensive of these is the Performing Arts Complex (PAC) totaling $83,243,646, according to the report. The center consists of four major components: a recital hall and theatre, a parking garage, a south chill plant, and street and ground improvements. The Recital Hall will accommodate 300 seats and the Theatre will have 400 seats. The parking garage, which will be erected on University Drive, will have a capacity for 455 cars.
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Texas State projects under construction now include (with budgeted cost):
Bobcat Stadium – North Side Complex, $33 million
Brogdon Hall Renovations, $7 million
Center for Research Commercialization, $6.95 million
Commons Dining Hall and Renovation, $7.2 million
Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades, $11.8 million
Housing and Residence Life Office Building, $2.1 million
Lampasas Hall Renovation, $3.3 million
North Campus Housing Complex, $46.1 million
Performing Arts Complex, $83.2 million
Round Rock Higher Education Center #2 – Nursing Building, $36 million
South Campus Utility Upgrades, $6 million
Tomas Rivera Drive Relocation and Student Center Drive Realignment, $8.7 million
Undergraduate Academic Center, $47.7 million
Projects being designed include:
Bobcat Trail Mall Redevelopment, $5.48 million
West Campus Residence Life Housing, $56.1 million
Projects in various stages of planning include:
Alkek Library Learning Commons, $2.5 million,
Alumni Visitors Center – Phase One, $4.9 million,
Engineering and Science Building, $82.3 million,
Music Building, $56.7 million,
Psychology Renovation, $8.59 million
River Center Education and Research Facility, $7 million
Round Rock Higher Education Center #3 – Health Professions 1, $48.8 million
Round Rock Higher Education Center #4 – Health Professions 2, $31.9 million
Utility Upgrades Bobcat Trail, $3.5 million
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