Skidmore, Owings & MerrillA consortium of universities including Stony Brook and private firms will lead the project. Construction on the planned “green” 400,000-square-foot campus is slated to begin in 2025, with the facility opening in 2028.
The staggering $700 million price tag will be covered by: $150 million in already allocated city capital funding; $100 million from the Simons Foundation and $50 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies courtesy of former city Mayor Mike Bloomberg, with the rest being raised, Adams’ office said. When the facility is up and running, it will serve 600 postsecondary students, 4,500 K-12 students, 6,000 workforce trainees and 250 faculty and researchers each year, the release said.
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