UConn to expand regional campus in Hartford with major downtown lease.

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The space — 50,000 square feet that faces Trumbull Street and is partly over the atrium entrance to the XL Center arena — will be used for clinical labs, an innovation center, health research linked to the UConn Health center and, potentially, sports medicine.

They should be building this on campus. If it's on campus it would count towards our research for a potential AAU application.

 

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The space — 50,000 square feet that faces Trumbull Street and is partly over the atrium entrance to the XL Center arena — will be used for clinical labs, an innovation center, health research linked to the UConn Health center and, potentially, sports medicine.

They should be building this on campus. If it's on campus it would count towards our research for a potential AAU application.

100% they should be building this in Storrs. I am hoping there will be another announcement in the near future regarding enhanced research facilities coming to main campus or else this is just another stupid thing the school is doing that will result in a self-inflicted wound

 

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Set for Hartford growth spurt, UConn seeks to offer downtown student housing

The University of Connecticut is deepening its ties to the Capital City, with plans to grow its downtown campus footprint while connecting students to new research, employment, internship and even […]

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-> University leaders are also strongly considering the addition of student dormitory space downtown. The effort would likely include a partnership with a private developer who would convert an empty or underutilized office building into student housing.

The overall expansion, school leaders said, aims to create new work and internship opportunities for students, while also opening up potential partnerships with Hartford businesses, nonprofits and arts programs.

Dormitory space would also satisfy students’ long-running desires for a more traditional college experience in the city, said Mark Overmyer-Velazquez, dean and chief academic officer of UConn’s Hartford campus. <-

-> “We are looking at establishing a residence hall for undergraduate students, and also possibly graduate students in downtown Hartford,” UConn Provost Anne D’Alleva recently told the Hartford Business Journal. “Students at the Hartford campus have for some time shared that they would like to have a housing option as part of their college experience.”

UConn is considering a pilot program in which it would lease downtown apartments from a private landlord and make the units available for students.

It’s a model the school already employs at its campus in Stamford, where UConn leases three residential buildings that house about 500 students who live in suite-style apartments.<-

 

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Privately developed college dorm in downtown Waterbury pays off; UConn’s Avery Point campus leadership shows interest

UConn officials aren’t just considering student housing in Hartford — new residential space could also be added near the school’s Avery Point campus in Groton.Early talks have occurred between the […]

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I think this is the former St Joes School of Pharmacy space. Iif so, ’ve seen it and it was already built out with high quality teaching/learning/lab space.

 

[AreBee1969]

I think this is the former St Joes School of Pharmacy space. Iif so, ’ve seen it and it was already built out with high quality teaching/learning/lab space.

You are right. My wife was a professor of pharmacy at St. Joe's and worked in the XL. It really is gorgeous clinical and academic space. St. Joe's new president moved the entire program back on campus in WH.

 

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I love the shell game. CRDA charges us rent, then gives the money back in support.

 

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I love the shell game. CRDA charges us rent, then gives the money back in support.

Plan for $28M UConn residence hall clears major funding hurdle; site seen as right fit.

 

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I love the shell game. CRDA charges us rent, then gives the money back in support.

I also like an entranceway right next to Capitol Spirits. Very convenient.

(For what it's worth I have significant hesitancy in doing anything with the CDRA. Their history of failure in everything they undertake is unprecedented. Statistically, by now you figure they would be able to have made money at something. Oh well, hope springs eternal I guess.

They also have a history of screwing us with our XL and Rentschler Rents. I wouldn't get in bed with them again, or if I did I would be extraordinarily careful about the terms.)

 

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UPDATED: UConn could sell residence hall naming rights to fund Hartford lease deal; CRDA approves funding

The University of Connecticut could sell naming rights to a downtown residence hall to offset an estimated $1.5 million annual deficit. That was revealed by the UConn Board of Trustees, which met virtually Wednesday morning to consider a $28 million deal to develop an annex at 242 Trumbull St...

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Avery Point should have student housing! I think the school is undervalued because it is marine science subjects are there. I'd love to see AP create a Naval Architecture department and with the CMTA (Connecticut Marine Trade Association) bring marine jobs to Southeastern CT. Maybe even team up with Mystic Seaport...

 

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Article for the above tweet ^^

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https://www.ctinsider.com/news/education/article/ct-campus-housing-uconn-enrollment-increase-19803689.php

 

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I suspect that UConn has a plan to elevate the branch campuses into Universities in their own right. The addition of on campus housing would seem to be a critical step in increasing their bottom line.

 

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New $1.1M CT cafe planned to cater to college students, the public. Here’s when it could open.

The cafe, projected to cost $1.1 million, also will be open to the public.

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-> A café had always been part of the plans for the Hartford campus, which opened in 2017 with the renovated Times building its centerpiece in the city’s Front Street neighborhood.

More recently, the café was part of the discussion of building student housing for the Hartford campus, now planned for a portion of the 242 Trumbull St. office complex off Pratt Street. The $28 million project calls for the creation of 50 suites for up to 200 students. The housing is expected to be ready by the fall semester of 2026.<-

-> UConn students will be able to use their meal plans at the new Hartford campus café as will university employees who purchase the community meal plan.

Construction is expected to begin in March, with an opening anticipated to coincide with the fall semester of 2025.<-

 

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I feel like there is a plan to elevate the various UConn satellite campuses into full-fledged independent colleges. I'm not sure about the Waterbury campus, but seem to be taken for Hartford, Stamford, and Avery Point each of which either have residential housing or have plans for them.

 

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I feel like there is a plan to elevate the various UConn satellite campuses into full-fledged independent colleges. I'm not sure about the Waterbury campus, but seem to be taken for Hartford, Stamford, and Avery Point each of which either have residential housing …

Which benefits do you perceive with branches becoming “full-fledged independent colleges”? Unclear benefits to possibly diminishing bigger UConn, brand, etc; may run counter to expanding Storrs-affiliated grad programs, corporate partnerships, internships, etc in Stamford and Hartford. Maybe not …