UMB Campus Center Project Opening in July 2009, the Campus Center will provide a place for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to nurture their collective mind, body, and spirit. With a fully equipped fitness and wellness center, swimming pool and elevated running track, cafes and other dining options for the campus and the west side community, conference and meeting facilities, ballroom, and comfortable lounge spaces, the Campus Center will become part of the fabric of the downtown Baltimore community, drawing together the University and its closest partners. The $ 55 million Campus Center is a fusion building that combines the best aspects of a student union and a campus recreation center. This vertical building is comprised of 115,000 sf (new constrcution) and 30,000 sf (renovation). Note: The BioPark Fitness & Conditioning Center is not the Campus Center. This is a unique facility that will open in our BioPark July 15, 2008. Both recreational facilities will be operated by this department starting the Summer of 2009. Each will run independently of the other. Quick Glance of the Campus Center - Garden level, first, and second floors: Student Union functions.
- Third Floor: Group Fitness Studio, Recreation & Wellness admnistrative offices, and welness center. This level includes Student Services, Student Organizations, Conference & Meeting Rooms, and Auxiliray Services.
- Fourth Floor: Aquatic Center, locker facilities, group fitness studio, and lounge.
- Fifth Floor: Fitness Center and Spin Studio.
- Pratt Gymnasium (Top Floor): Sports Courts, Racquetball/Squash Courts, Multi-Activity Area, Power Lifting Complex, Matted Studio, and Elevated Running Track. * The Pratt Gymnasium is the renovated University Athletic Center and is accessible & connected directly to the Campus Center.
Links Milestones & Dates - Projected Started: Initial concepts and steering committee formed in July 1999.
- Project Program Drafted: January 2004
- Project Architecture Started: September 2005
- Demolition of Existing Student Union started: October 2006
- Steel Erection Started: November 2007
- Steel Package Completed April 2008
- "Topping Ceremony": April 28, 2008
- University Athletic Center closes for construction: June 25, 2008
- BioPark Fitness Center scheduled to open (projected): July 15, 2008
- Enclosure Projected Conmpletion: Fall 2008
- Substantial Construction Completed: Late May or early June 2009
- Equipment Fit-out & Tenet Move-in: June 2009
- Tentative opening: July 2009
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