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.