I'm paraphrasing from 2 articles I have read in the last couple days and what I've been told. Dorman is pretty much shut down now as of last month. It is being renovated for what could take 2 maybe 3 years they say. Phase 1 is an HVAC overhaul with a budget of $32 million. All of the existing HVAC will be removed from the roof and new equipment will be relocated to the basement of Dorman. There is going to be a new $35 million dollar physical plant/facilities building built next door to it going up the hill toward Montgomery Hall opening in '26 which will house chilled/heated water for that side of campus which is presently being supplied from the other side of campus by the old physical plant building behind the post office/old laundry building. Dorman professors will have offices in Rice and teaching in Walker Engineering, Poultry Science and South Farm. Phase 2 when funded will include "adding sizable restrooms to the large auditorium end of the building accessible during football games and other events. Staining the building brick to a more maroon hue and adding a roof facade might also be included." I was told verbally a new glass solarium type entry would be built on the east end of Dorman too.
Bost Extension Drive is under construction. It will extend after running by Bost where it ends now by the stop sign between McArthur Hall and the soccer complex and cut through the big parking lot behind McArthur and the soccer complex and become a 4 way intersection where Bailey Howell Dr ends now by the Hump. This is supposed to be finished before students return in the Fall.
The section of College View Dr that runs in front of the Architecture Bldg (Giles Hall) to Bailey Howell Dr by the Hump will become a pedestrian plaza. Giles Hall and the surrounding architecture area will be undergoing a $50 million renovation completed by Fall '26.
They will "eventually" be closing Hood Dr which runs between Davis Wade and Barnes and Noble when the stadium is expanded. No timeline on that closing, just "eventually when the stadium is expanded one day".
Azalea Hall (residential hall, cafeteria, storm shelter) is a $100 Million project on the site of the old Suttle Hall to be completed by Fall '25.
$2.5 Million renovation of Sanderson Center is underway converting racquetball courts to more usable space adding some rock climbing walls and workout rooms.
The Jim and Thomas Duff Center (Kinesiology Building) is underway on the site of old McCarthy Gym. It's supposed to be ready Fall '25. You too can get a building named after yourself if you donate $15million towards construction of it. If anybody is interested there has been a guy advertising oak bleacher boards from the old gym they tore down for this building with seat numbers on them on Facebook Marketplace in Starkville for $3 a linear foot I believe. The ones I've seen sanded and stained look pretty good. You can make a table, bench, etc from them . They are 1"x9" full dimensions and he says he has lengths from 6'-12'.
I need to get back to work, will try to cover the stuff going on in town soon unless somebody else wants to go ahead and do it.....
Edit: Sorry Duke Humphrey, didn't see your posted link.....I was working on mine while you were posting
Bost Extension Drive is under construction. It will extend after running by Bost where it ends now by the stop sign between McArthur Hall and the soccer complex and cut through the big parking lot behind McArthur and the soccer complex and become a 4 way intersection where Bailey Howell Dr ends now by the Hump. This is supposed to be finished before students return in the Fall.
The section of College View Dr that runs in front of the Architecture Bldg (Giles Hall) to Bailey Howell Dr by the Hump will become a pedestrian plaza. Giles Hall and the surrounding architecture area will be undergoing a $50 million renovation completed by Fall '26.
They will "eventually" be closing Hood Dr which runs between Davis Wade and Barnes and Noble when the stadium is expanded. No timeline on that closing, just "eventually when the stadium is expanded one day".
Azalea Hall (residential hall, cafeteria, storm shelter) is a $100 Million project on the site of the old Suttle Hall to be completed by Fall '25.
$2.5 Million renovation of Sanderson Center is underway converting racquetball courts to more usable space adding some rock climbing walls and workout rooms.
The Jim and Thomas Duff Center (Kinesiology Building) is underway on the site of old McCarthy Gym. It's supposed to be ready Fall '25. You too can get a building named after yourself if you donate $15million towards construction of it. If anybody is interested there has been a guy advertising oak bleacher boards from the old gym they tore down for this building with seat numbers on them on Facebook Marketplace in Starkville for $3 a linear foot I believe. The ones I've seen sanded and stained look pretty good. You can make a table, bench, etc from them . They are 1"x9" full dimensions and he says he has lengths from 6'-12'.
I need to get back to work, will try to cover the stuff going on in town soon unless somebody else wants to go ahead and do it.....
Edit: Sorry Duke Humphrey, didn't see your posted link.....I was working on mine while you were posting
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