It would be one of the largest local development projects in the last five years. But UCF officials aren't betting the farm they will get all or even a good portion of the funds needed to carry through a master development plan crafted in 1995.
Still, the 30-year-old, 35,800-student institution could use future rents as collateral to finance the construction of new dormitories, parking garages and some research buildings, independent planners not associated with UCF tell GlobeSt.com.
University trustees are re-studying the master plan this week, knowing that the campus could grow to a student population of 48,000 within the next 10 years, based on a current average annual increase of 2,000 students. Only Ohio State University and the University of Texas at Austin have 48,000 students today.
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