Facilities update (updated)

http://www.fsunews.com/story/opinion/2018/03/18/views-fsu-what-food-do-you-want-see-new-union/436262002/

Late last year, we reported on the $120 million construction project for the new Oglesby Union. 75 percent of the Union will be new construction and the entire building will total 286,00-square-feet after completion. The concept is indoor-outdoor with stormproof glass walls that allow students to see what is going on inside with different student groups groups, as well as dining areas. 

FSU decided against a slow rollout and will start tearing the whole Union down after graduation in spring of 2018. The current plan is to have the new building completed for a soft opening in summer of 2020 and a fully functional union by fall 2020.

Students were concerned about where the restaurants would move once the Union is completely torn down beginning after spring graduation. The Subway will be moved further back into the parking garage behind it, while 4 Rivers is moving next door to Chick-fil-a.

Although the developers are currently working on plans for a FSU themed sports bar in the new Union, the other six restaurant concepts have not been finalized. 

https://floridastate.forums.rivals.com/threads/legacy-hall-college-of-business.181238/#post-3604454

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Design firm has been selected. They have created buildings for Harvard and Georgetown (and many others). They are conducting interviews and other sessions currently. We are expecting first designs in next few weeks. Current price tag is $90 million. The schedule has design finalization in summer/fall 2018, groundbreaking in mid-2019, and move in in the summer of 2021.

https://www.facilities.fsu.edu/depts/designConstr/Documents/QuarterlyMeetingPresentations/quarterly_meeting.pdf

http://www.urbantallahassee.com/index.php/headlines/item/1044-fsu-facilities-update-02-20-2018

Artist rendering of proposed FSU - Primary Care and Behavioral Health Center | Dag Architects

Artist rendering of Proposed FSU Student Union | Architects Lewis + Whitlock PA

Future FSU Business Condominium at Plaza Tower | UrbanTallahassee Images

http://www.urbantallahassee.com/index.php/forums/viewtopic.php?p=37713#p37713

"Just got back from the latest FSU Facilities Design & Construction meeting. Here's what was discussed.

- FSU acquired an acre of land off Roberts Ave at Eisenhower. Per TJ, it looks like this for the partnership with TMH for the Primary Care & Behavioral Health Center. http://www.urbantallahassee.com/index.php/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=11454.

- FSU expects to finally close on the Kleman Plaza ground floor retail condo next month. This condo is on the corner of Bronough and Pensacola, with a majority fronting Bronough, directly across from the College of Law. Still no hint as to what it's going to be used for.

- Woodward Ave and the Woodward garage will be closed again this summer for underground work related to the new Union. While it's closed, they'll also be lowering the small "tunnel" / underpass that runs under Woodward (on Academic Way) so that it can more easily accommodate larger delivery trucks.

- Speaking of the union, demolition on the existing facility will begin after this semester, in early May. Expected to be a 24 month construction project so it's gonna be awhile before we get our new Union.

- Legacy Hall (College of Business) has moved into the design phase but still needs funding. I think they said it's gonna be about $85M. This will sit just south of the Tucker Center.

- Suwannee Room dining hall is getting a complete interior renovation. Don't worry, they're keeping the beautiful ceilings. But everything else is being gutted and rebuilt from scratch. Expect a much more open design with all the food stations being moved from the center of the hall over to the western wall. This project is moving at lightspeed. They just started last week and expect completion in 4 months.

- They've met with Coach Taggart on the Football Operations facility. Looks like the new plan is to squeeze in a 155,000sqft facility in place of the narrow parking lot that's immediately between the football practice facility and Stadium Dr. They're probably looking at $75-85M as a fundraising goal for the Boosters.

- Hoffman Teaching Lab is getting renovated to replace some 4th floor admin space with more chem labs, due to the increased demand for lab space generated by the College of Medicine's Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (aka "Pre-Med") major. "