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On Nov. 30, hundreds of students, alumni, staff,
faculty and well-wishers cheered
as UWindsor
president Alan Wildeman accepted the keys to the former
Windsor Star
buildings from publisher Marty Beneteau,
symbolizing the transfer of the property to the University.
First-year business student Qiaotian Yan said it was fun
to participate in the event, which jammed the corner of Pitt
and Ferry streets for a photograph and video to document
the historic occasion.
“We have a new building, which means our campus
is becoming more mature,” she said. “Having a presence
downtown will connect with our community, connect
with Windsor.”
The complex of buildings will be renovated to house
programs in social work and the Centre for Executive and
Professional Education.
First-year students Jordan Cutler—a music major—and
visual arts major Charl Fourie are looking forward to the
time their programs will relocate to Windsor’s core. The
School for Arts and Creative Innovation will combine
music, visual arts, film production and urban ecology
programs and house them in the former bus depot and
Armouries buildings that front on University Avenue East.
“I am very excited about our new building,” said Fourie,
a native of Waterloo. “I want to see more of Windsor!”
Architectural plans are approved for transformation of
The Windsor Star
building as well as the Armouries and
Greyhound bus depot that will comprise the University’s
new downtown campus in 2014. It is expected that 1,500
university students, staff and faculty will be flooding into
the downtown, creating a “post-secondary cluster” in
Windsor’s core.
The work will go to tender early in 2013 with shovels in
the ground by this summer and completion in 2014.
Photos and video of the event are available on the news link
at
, and in a photo album on the
University’s Facebook page.
DOWNTOWN CAMPUS PLANS FORGE AHEAD
CAMPUS TRANSFORMATION UPDATE
Hundreds showed up for the official hand-off of
The Windsor Star
building keys.
Construction of the University of Windsor’s two-
storey Innovation Centre
and seven-level parking
garage is moving along at a brisk pace.
The project, slated to open in fall 2013, consists of
two separate buildings that are connected by a second-
storey pedestrian bridge from the Innovation Centre to the
parking structure.
The Innovation Centre will be the new home of Campus
Community Police, Parking Services, as well as services and
amenities that will enhance the campus experience such as
a café with a courtyard. The second floor will be used as
space where organizations that are engaged in innovation
and enhancement of the community can collaborate with
UWindsor students, faculty and staff. The parking structure
will include approximately 1,000 spaces.
INTEGRATED PARKING AND INNOVATION CENTRE WELL UNDERWAY
The Innovation Centre will be ready this fall.
Another
UWindsor improvement
is underway
