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Medical University of South Carolina Tops Out $175 Million College of Medicine Building

Lindsey Coulter — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:19:23 +0000

The new facility also responds to the challenges of operating without a dedicated College of Medicine building. Medical students currently share classrooms and study areas with students from MUSC’s five other colleges, while academic and student support personnel work across multiple buildings. | Photo Credit: MUSC

Project:��MUSC College of Medicine Building��
Location:��Charleston, S.C.��
Size:��186,000 square feet��
Estimated cost:��$175 million��
Current milestone:��Topped out Aug. 14, 2026��
Opening:��Late 2027��
Purpose:��First dedicated home for MUSC’s College of Medicine in more than 100 years��
Key spaces:��Active-learning classrooms, study and relaxation areas, wellness spaces, faculty and alumni commons, offices, event��space��and café��

Students and faculty contributed input to the building’s design, with the facility planned to provide flexibility and capacity to accommodate the college’s educational mission and future growth.

CHARLESTON, S.C. —��The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has topped out its new College of Medicine building, marking a major construction milestone for the $175 million project in Charleston.��

Construction crews placed the final structural steel beam on Aug. 14 during a ceremony attended by university leaders, project partners, faculty,��staff��and donors. The 186,000-square-foot facility will become the College of Medicine’s first dedicated home in more than 100 years and is scheduled to open in late 2027.��

The project is being developed in the heart of MUSC’s campus at the corner of Bee and President streets and is intended to centralize medical education, student services and academic leadership that are currently distributed among multiple campus buildings.��

Creating a New Hub for Medical Education��

Plans for the building emphasize flexible learning,��collaboration��and student support. Major components will include active-learning environments, large classrooms, student study and relaxation areas, wellness spaces, faculty and alumni commons, faculty and staff offices and the College of Medicine dean’s office. MUSC’s project information also��identifies��event space and a café among the planned amenities.��

Students and faculty contributed input to the building’s design, with the facility planned to provide flexibility and capacity to accommodate the college’s educational mission and future growth. MUSC recently welcomed 186 students into its College of Medicine Class of 2030.��

The new facility also responds to the challenges of operating without a dedicated College of Medicine building. Medical students currently share classrooms and study areas with students from MUSC’s five other colleges, while academic and student support personnel work across multiple buildings.��

“Today marks an exciting milestone and gets us one step closer to our goal of elevating the medical education experience for students, staff, faculty and alumni at MUSC,” said Terrence E. Steyer, M.D., dean of the College of Medicine and vice president for Medical Affairs.��

Part of Long-Term Campus Investment��

The College of Medicine building is part of MUSC’s long-term campus master plan and broader investment in facilities supporting education,��research��and patient care.��

MUSC President David J. Cole, M.D., FACS, said bringing future physicians together in a dedicated environment is expected to strengthen collaboration while supporting the university’s education,��research��and healthcare missions.��

The approximately $175 million project, designed by SLAM in collaboration with Liollio Architecture and built by Thompson Turner Construction, is being funded through a combination of public and private sources. Construction is expected to conclude in time for a late 2027 opening.��

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LMU Hosts Grand Opening for Orange Park Health Sciences Campus Ahead of 2026 Inaugural Cohorts

Lindsey Coulter — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:35:40 +0000

The facility is designed to support innovative, clinically focused education and to strengthen the regional health care workforce.��| Photo Credit: LMU

What You Need to Know��

Lincoln Memorial University��hosted a��grand opening for its��Orange Park, Fla.,��health sciences campus,��on��March 23.��

The��12-acre��site spans��about��130,000 square feet��across two buildings and will house osteopathic medicine and veterinary medicine programs.��

LMU says the Orange Park location positions LMU-DCOM as the��first four-year medical school in the greater Jacksonville area.��

The campus is slated to open in��fall 2026��in a newly renovated��85,000-square-foot��facility for a class of��100.��

Learn More��

ORANGE PARK, Fla. — Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) has expanded its health sciences footprint in Northeast Florida with an Orange Park campus that will house osteopathic medicine and veterinary medicine programs. The campus — which spans approximately 130,000 square feet across two buildings on 12 acres — is designed for interprofessional, clinically focused training, with inaugural cohorts expected to begin this fall. The university hosted a formal grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 23.��

In��an��announcement, LMU President Dr. Jason McConnell framed the expansion as a milestone for health education in the state. “The Orange Park campus represents a significant step forward,” according to��.��

The campus is home to the LMU-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) and the LMU-College of Veterinary Medicine at Orange Park (LMU-OPCVM) and��is intended to strengthen the regional health care workforce.��LMU also positions the Orange Park site as a regional medical education milestone. The location establishes LMU-DCOM as “the first four-year medical school in the greater Jacksonville area,” and that the program will mirror LMU-DCOM curricula offered in Harrogate and Knoxville, Tenn.��

LMU states that DCOM at LMU-Orange Park will offer the same four-year, full-time academic and clinical program as the Harrogate and Knoxville campuses,��and that the new campus is expected to��serve��a��class of 100.��The facility is designed to support innovative, clinically focused education and to strengthen the regional health care workforce.��

In a statement, the institution also highlighted the��“One Health”��approach��that brings human and veterinary medicine together on one campus. “Bringing human and veterinary medicine��together… reinforces the importance of a One Health perspective,” according to��.��

For LMU-DCOM, Dr. James Toldi,��Campus��Dean for the Orange Park site, said the new campus is intended to support clinical training capacity. “We are creating meaningful clinical training opportunities,” he said in a statement.��

On the veterinary side,��the��LMU-OPCVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program is structured as a three-year program emphasizing early clinical experience and a distributive clinical model.��The institution��also cited��planned partnerships, including with the Jacksonville Humane Society and Clay County Animal Services, to place students in community-based learning environments.��

“Bringing human and veterinary medicine together on one campus reinforces the importance of a One Health perspective��in��how we educate and serve,” McConnell said. “Orange Park allows us to extend that commitment into Florida in a meaningful and lasting way.”��

This article is based on information published by Lincoln Memorial University via PR Newswire on March 4, 2026, and on LMU’s DCOM at Orange Park program page.��

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Creighton University Building Spacious Health Sciences Campus

School News — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:15:07 +0000

By Aziza Jackson

PHOENIX — Creighton University has reached an agreement on the construction of a new, nearly $100 million health sciences campus at Park Central in midtown Phoenix, a significant expansion of the university’s current presence in the state.

The project will be broken into two phases, with phase one to include a new 200,000-square-foot building that will eventually house nearly 800 Creighton health sciences students in Arizona.

The expansion will include a four-year medical school, nursing school, occupational and physical therapy schools, pharmacy school, physician assistant school and emergency medical services program. A second building adjacent to the first may be added in the future.

The new building will be located along Central Avenue on the Park Central property, on land that is currently a parking lot. Construction on the new building will begin in spring 2019, the first on the Park Central site in decades, and is expected to be completed in spring 2021.

Creighton’s new Phoenix campus will meet the University’s current needs while providing ample room for expansion in the future, and the central Phoenix location makes it convenient for students doing their residencies and other studies at nearby hospitals.

“Creighton University is preparing for an exciting new era in Phoenix, one that combines our tradition for educational excellence in the health sciences with our distinctive Jesuit, Catholic mission,” said the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, president of Creighton University. “Creighton University has strong connections to the Arizona medical community, and we look forward to expanding our impact by educating many more exceptionally qualified health care professionals to serve the community moving forward.”

The new Creighton University facility is also a significant boost for the revitalization of Park Central. Sharon Harper, president & CEO of Plaza Companies that is redeveloping Park Central in partnership with Holualoa Companies, said Creighton is an ideal fit for the project.

“The new Park Central will have a focus not only on the creation of world-class office, retail and public spaces, but also on a commitment to health and innovation,” said Harper. “Creighton University’s commitment to innovating in health care education makes it a great partner, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have them join the Park Central family.”

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Detroit District Issues $210 Million in Capital Bonds

DETROIT — Detroit Public Schools issued more than $210 million in capital improvement bonds needed to move forward on a $500.5 million district-wide construction and renovation program.

The sale included $160.9 million in Qualified School Construction Bonds and $49.6 million in Build America Bonds, both of which were authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to reports.

The funds will support the district’s three-year capital improvement plan, which will close dozens of schools and consolidate other facilities in response to an enrollment loss of nearly 100,000 students since 1997. One renovation project has already been completed, and another nine are under way. Another eight projects are expected to start up this fall.

School projects currently under construction include a $20.5 million PreK-8 school in Detroit’s Brightmoor neighborhood, a $45.3 million replacement Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School, and a $20.5 million PreK-8 school in the neighborhood of Clark Park, all of which are expected complete by next fall.

DPS Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb stated that funds from the recent bond sales will be available Oct. 28 and spent over three years. The district, which saw a greater than expected increase in its enrollment this year, faces a deficit of $363 million for fiscal year 2011 with a budget of $1.025 billion, according to sources.

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