New building, new possibilities

BY GALINA TISHCHENKO
STAFF WRITER

The groundbreaking ceremony for a new classroom building on campus will take place on May 2. The new facility promises more space and more research opportunities to USF St. Petersburg’s College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Marine Science.

Jim Grant, director of facilities, planning and construction, said the new building will occupy parking lot number two, which is commonly referred to as the Davis parking lot. Once completed, the 34,000 square feet building will stand two stories tall. The first floor will have a total of eight general classrooms, two of which will be large enough for 58 students and six with the sitting capacity of 48 students. The second floor will accommodate four instructional labs and eight research labs. The new facility will be split between the two colleges.

The expected completion date of the project is August 2009