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University Starts on $210M Project for Growth

PITTSBURGH-Downtown Point Park University improves the city and campus with a campus master plan, which includes a student center, playhouse and two residence halls.

By Casey Freeman | Updated on May 06, 2008

PITTSBURGH-Point Park University has started on the beginning of the Academic Village, a six-year, $210-million campus master plan starting with the conversion of two office buildings into residence halls here. The construction in the 3,600-student liberal arts school in the center of downtown Pittsburgh will include adding a student center, improving the Wood Street Corridor as well as building Pittsburgh Playhouse.

“We need to remain competitive. Since we’re out of space we had to buy more property. Otherwise we would not have been able to grow,” says Dr. Paul Henniggan, the president of Point Park University. “We have a pretty sophisticated student shopper. You have to be able to provide what they want and need to feel like they’re getting value for their education.”

For the $210-million project, the university plans to raise $101 million, while $65 million will be invested by the university, primarily in land acquisitions and residence halls. The additional $44 million will be a partnership between the city and university for part of the public parking project that will be underneath the playhouse.

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