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Orlando Picked as Site for $30 Mil Law School

ORLANDO-Local corporate support for Florida A&M University's planned Downtown campus won the attention of the 13-member Florida Board of Regents which unanimously selected this tourist mecca over Tampa, FL and Lakeland, FL. The ground-breaking is tentatively scheduled for next summer.

By Alex Finkelstein | Updated on November 20, 2000

ORLANDO-As expected, this hotel-heavy tourist town won the unanimous nod of the 13-member Florida Board of Regents as the site for the planned 120,000-sf, $30 mil College of Law campus for Florida A&M University, one of the nation’s top predominantly black universities.

The project’s ground-breaking, tentatively scheduled for next summer, will complement an innovative $60 million, private-public redevelopment program planned in the Parramore district, Downtown’s poorest neighborhood. The venture anticipates triggering $1 billion in new surrounding commercial development over the next five years. The campus is expected to be completed and open to students by fall 2003.

Mayor Glenda E. Hood spearheaded the five-month effort and the $17 million economic incentives carrot offered to the university. In the end, the regents said Orlando’s corporate support platform swayed them over Tampa, FL and Lakeland, FL, two cities that also campaigned vigorously for the development prize over the past five months. Among the project’s backers are the Orlando Magic, Denny’s restaurant chain, Coca-Cola Co., Avis Rent-a-Car and Delta Air Lines.

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