THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JULY 14, 20
SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Courts demolished, Capitol Federal Hall construction begins
Construction began July 9 on the new School of Business building. The old tennis and sand volleyball courts were demolished at the site on Naismith Drive east of Allen Fieldhouse.
"Construction has started today and they are rolling," Austin Falley, communications director for the School of Business, said Wednesday.
According to the School of Business blog, the new building will be named Capitol Federal Hall. The Capitol Federal Foundation donated $20 million to the School of Business. The building is still expected to be finished before the fall 2016 semester.
According to the KU Endowment website the building will house flexible meeting
rooms, learning labs and new technology. It will be designed to be not only functional on a national level but a global level.
The old home of the School of Business, Summerfield Hall, will undergo renovations for nine months to a year after the new building opens.
"Summerfield Hall will close for renovations but no decisions have been made on what tenant will take over after those renovations," Gavin Young, assistant director of communications for the Office of Public Affairs, said.
The School of Business has outgrown Summerfield Hall and needed to upgrade to a bigger building, according to the KU Endowment website.
Kate Shelton
An excavator tears up the ten new School of Business build