Marquette building $70m business school building

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Marquette University plans to build a new $70 million home for its College of Business Administration and innovation leadership programs at the former site of McCormick Hall, president Michael Lovell announced Wednesday.

The new academic building is planned near the corner of North 16th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, where the former dormitory stood until it was razed in the fall.

Lovell made the announcement during his annual presidential address.

The university has raised $44 million for the project over the past 18 months, he said. It is being funded primarily through donations of alumni, parents and other supporters.


Marquette plans to break ground in fall 2021. A design process involving faculty, staff and students will begin soon and help determine the building's square footage and the number of floors, a university spokesperson said.

It's the latest of several new building projects on the university's campus in recent years, including a new $18.5 million Physician's Assistant Studies Building, a $24 million Athletic and Human Performance Research Center and an $108 million residence hall on the northwest end of campus.

A new business school has been in the works for several years, and was included in the university's Campus Master Plan in 2016. The business school has been housed in Straz Hall, located at 1225 W. Wisconsin Ave., for the past 35 years.

"Marquette Business has a long history of developing ethical, Jesuit-educated leaders who live and work in Milwaukee and the top financial hubs across the world," Lovell said. "Through innovative design features and flexible learning spaces, our newest academic facility will help foster creative thinking for students from all disciplines."

In addition to the College of Business Administration, the facility will house innovation leadership programs, which will build on Marquette's existing efforts, such as the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship in the 707 Hub, the Women's Innovation Network, the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center and several colleges, the university said.

[WolfganghisKhan]

About time. Straz is a dump.

[Dr. Blackheart]

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Yes, please. Put me out of my misery.

I only wanna see the big reveal when rocky drops the hammer on these aliases though.

[WolfganghisKhan]

Yes, please. Put me out of my misery.

I only wanna see the big reveal when rocky drops the hammer on these aliases though.

Aliases? Buddy, this is my only account. And there is nothing incorrect about my statement.

[TallTitan34]

Minor nitpick:  I don't like that it's the only academic building north of Wisconsin.

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Aliases? Buddy, this is my only account. And there is nothing incorrect about my statement.

Not referring to you, pal.

[WolfganghisKhan]

Not referring to you, pal.

Im not your pal, guy.

[Dr. Blackheart]

ENGINEERS ^^^

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Minor nitpick:  I don't like that it's the only academic building north of Wisconsin.

Huh, never even crossed my mind, but now that's gonna bother me.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Minor nitpick:  I don't like that it's the only academic building north of Wisconsin.

https://www.marquette.edu/athletic-human-performance-research-center/

[dgies9156]

Minor nitpick:  I don't like that it's the only academic building north of Wisconsin.

The Biz Aders and the Engineers are better equipped to insult each other this way.

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Im not your pal, guy.

I'M NOT YOUR GUY, BUDDY

[swoopem]

I thought a new rec center was supposed to go there. Are they not building a new rec?

[TSmith34, Inc.]

The Father DiUlio Gold Memorial Business Hall?

[Oldgym]

I thought a new rec center was supposed to go there. Are they not building a new rec?

I remember that was the plan also.  New Biz school where the rec center is now, new rec center where McCormick was.  Somebody developed a problem with that along the way....don't know details.

[mu03eng]

Minor nitpick:  I don't like that it's the only academic building north of Wisconsin.

If you look at traffic flows, etc it makes a lot of sense. They looked at this approach for.about 2 years so they vetted it forward and backwards. Hopefully they release the internal justification one of these days because it makes a lot of sense

[4everwarriors]

Still waitin' on da Tommy and Joanie Memorial Soccer Megaplex, aina?

[AlienWarrior]

What does this have to do with basketball? Move to another board please!

[Jay Bee]

y dey do dis now? I need this location when I was living at Campus Town in the 90s, heynal

I'm a big fan of it.. BusAd is the most important area of study, so good it's right at 16th & Wisconsin for all to see

[PointWarrior]

And a lot easier now for the engineering kids who can't cut it to find the bus admin building. 

I kid, I kid....

[Cheeks]

Yes, please. Put me out of my misery.

I only wanna see the big reveal when rocky drops the hammer on these aliases though.

I also welcome it....reveal the aliases.

So this means Camping World guy won out....correct?  Didn't he say money comes if you put it there and the Master Plan had it elsewhere?  Money talks?  Or am I misremembering?

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Im not your pal, guy.

Im not your guy,  buddy.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Im not your guy,  buddy.

I am not your Cheeks, Whoa.

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