https://commercialobserver.com/2024/08/vanderbilt-university-west-palm-beach/
On August 20th, the West Palm Beach city commission will consider a proposal to build a satellite campus for Vanderbilt in downtown WPB. This is in place of a University of Florida proposal to put a satellite campus in the same area, but the proposal was withdrawn.
It’s official: Vanderbilt University, one of the nation’s best-ranked higher ed institutions, wants to build a $520 million campus in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The 300,000-square-foot campus would house 1,000 students, according to a filing to Palm Beach County and West Palm Beach. Plans call for the construction of a main academic building, student housing, and a parking garage. Education programs would include business, artificial intelligence, data science as well as a so-called innovation hub.
The campus would be nestled between the civic center and Dreyfoos School of the Arts in Downtown West Palm Beach. Of the estimated $519.6 million construction cost, $267.6 million would go towards academic buildings, $217.4 million for student housing and $34.6 million for parking. Schooling programs could start as soon as Fall 2026.
The West Palm Beach City Commission will consider donating city-owned parcels 386 South Tamarind Avenue, 810 to 910 Evernia Street and 913 Fern Street to Vanderbilt on August 19. A day later, the Palm Beach County Commission will consider Vanderbilt’s campus proposal.
On August 20th, the West Palm Beach city commission will consider a proposal to build a satellite campus for Vanderbilt in downtown WPB. This is in place of a University of Florida proposal to put a satellite campus in the same area, but the proposal was withdrawn.
It’s official: Vanderbilt University, one of the nation’s best-ranked higher ed institutions, wants to build a $520 million campus in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The 300,000-square-foot campus would house 1,000 students, according to a filing to Palm Beach County and West Palm Beach. Plans call for the construction of a main academic building, student housing, and a parking garage. Education programs would include business, artificial intelligence, data science as well as a so-called innovation hub.
The campus would be nestled between the civic center and Dreyfoos School of the Arts in Downtown West Palm Beach. Of the estimated $519.6 million construction cost, $267.6 million would go towards academic buildings, $217.4 million for student housing and $34.6 million for parking. Schooling programs could start as soon as Fall 2026.
The West Palm Beach City Commission will consider donating city-owned parcels 386 South Tamarind Avenue, 810 to 910 Evernia Street and 913 Fern Street to Vanderbilt on August 19. A day later, the Palm Beach County Commission will consider Vanderbilt’s campus proposal.
