NEWS BRIEF: With a Combined Construction Budget of Nearly One-Quarter of a Billion Dollars, the UofU has Broken Ground on Two New Buildings

The University of Utah has broken ground on two new major buildings, work that will see the Salt Lake City, Utah-based institution spend $244 million over the next several years on these two new facilities.

The two buildings in question are

1. The building for the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering, and
2. The James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation.

The groundbreaking ceremonies for both forthcoming buildings took place in the latter half of May 2024.

According to the UofU news release, when completed, the John and Marcia Price College of Engineering will be housed in a six-story, 253,000-square-foot building, with construction slated to begin in 2024 and ready for occupancy in 2026.

Total cost for the new facility is pegged at $194 million.

In addition, the UofU announced on 11 January 2023 that the John and Marcia Price Family Foundation had donated $50 million to the University in support of its College of Engineering, a donation that led to the naming of the building in honor of them.

In the same announcement, the UofU wrote that completion of the new College of Engineering building will

"... enable the college to grow the number of graduates to an additional 500 per year and feed more highly qualified engineers into Utah’s workforce for the state’s rapidly growing engineering and computing sectors."

Conversely, when completed in 2026, the James LeVoy Sorenson Center for Medical Innovation will be housed in a four-story facility of nearly 60,000 square-feet at a cost of $50 million.

According to the UofU news release announcing its groundbreaking ceremony, the new Center for Medical Innovation "... will include

• "Advanced prototyping and clean room assembly labs ...
• "A state-of-the-art clinical bio-tissue surgery discovery suite ...
• "Vibrant collaboration spaces* ... (and)
• "Startup incubator spaces expressly designed to nurture university spinouts and student startups."

Additionally, creation of the new Center for Medical Innovation was "... made possible by a generous lead gift of $22 million from the Sorenson Legacy Foundation."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

— * Sorry, but I have no idea what the phrase "Vibrant collaboration space" even means.}

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