The Scarborough campus of the University of Toronto will be getting
a new academic block as a result of $70 million in federal stimulus funding.
Built
on a former parking lot at the east end campus, the new building will
include large rooms for the bigger lectures and exam writing. The
Scarborough campus pitched in an extra $8 million of its own money to
add academic and administrative offices to the teaching spaces.
According
to the university's chief real estate officer Nadeem Shabbar, the
parking has already been replaced at an aboveground site nearby.
Since
no money was raised for the project, the 165,000 square foot building
will simply be called the Scarborough Instructional Centre. It's slated
for completion by March 31, 2011, the deadline set by the federal
stimulus package.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Nadeem Shabbar
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