New Construction

Kansas State University builds new home for business college

$55 million College of Business Administration building is scheduled to be completed this month.
July 14, 2016

Kansas State University is nearing completion of a new $55 million facility on its Manhattan campus for its college of business administration.

The university says construction of the 155,000-square-foot building will be completed this month, and a dedication ceremony has been scheduled in October. The new facility will enable the business college to move out of Calvin Hall, a building that is 108 years old.

The facility will provide the college with a variety of spaces:

  • One 250-person lecture hall
  • Three tiered 80-person classrooms
  • 13 50-person classrooms
  • Three 50-station computer labs
  • One 50-person financial research lab
  • One 20-person investment management lab
  • Innovation and study space for student group work
  • 16 2-person study rooms
  • 16 4-person study rooms
  • 16 6-person study rooms
  • Individual study spaces throughout the building
  • Space for student organizations and graduate assistants
  • A large atrium with seating space and a coffee shop
  • A student services office with space for 20 advisers, a reception area, conference room and staff offices
  • Space for the Entrepreneurship Center
  • 90 faculty & staff offices
  • Four department suites with conference rooms
  • Space for executives-in-residence and corporate partners

The architects are Ebert Mayo Design Group and PGAV.

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