College Completes $34M Expansion

BALTIMORE-Work on the new Student Center at Morgan State University has reached completion. Development of the 135,000-sf student gathering locale included the simultaneous construction of a 185,000-sf parking facility designed to accommodate 500 vehicles. Hess Construction Co. served as the general contractor on the $34-million project.

Morgan State is located on 140 acres in a residential part of Northeast Baltimore, near the I-95/I-695 Interchange. The new Student Center sits on a parcel that had been home to the former 12,500-sf Soldier’s Armory building. Contained within the new three-level hub is a 300-seat auditorium, an 800-seat ballroom, a bookstore, a cyber café, a food court, meeting rooms/game rooms and a student lounge. The structure also has a partial basement. The five-level parking garage is situated behind the Student Center and is connected to it via an enclosed walkway. The architectural firm of Sasaki Associates Inc., in association with Cochran, Stephenson & Donkevoet Inc., designed both structures.