Indiana University Indianapolis looks to expand facilities on city campus

As Indiana University (IU) Indianapolis settles into its first semester as an independent campus, the IU system is investing over $627 million in renovations and new facilities.

 

The Bloomington Herald-Times reports that in the past two years, IU has approved or begun construction on three major facility projects. These projects include an 11-story, 326,000-square-foot building for the School of Medicine and a 134,000-square-foot, 4,500 seating capacity athletics center in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. IU also has signed off on major renovations of the Indianapolis nursing and dentistry schools totaling over $37 million.

 

In June, the IU Board of Trustees approved a $110 million athletics center to be built on the southeast side of the IU Indianapolis campus. Set to include an arena, an auxiliary gymnasium, athletic offices and training facilities, the center will seat 4,500 and host basketball, volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics events. The center is scheduled to open by fall 2026.

 

The IU School of Medicine is building a $230 million, 11-story facility in the area just south of the existing IU Health Methodist Hospital.

 

The 11-story building will feature 12 "learning communities," lecture halls and labs, and will be used by medical residents and fellows in addition to medical students.

 

Soon IU will begin construction on a science and technology corridor — nicknamed the SciTech Corridor — on the east side of campus.

 

The corridor, which would include several new buildings, will add classrooms, laboratory spaces and housing.

 

The university says the corridor will increase IU Indianapolis' enrollment in vital STEM disciplines.