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1164 W. Dillon Road

CU Â鶹ӰԺ has purchased the property at 1164 W. Dillon Road in Louisville (at the junction of U.S. 36 and McCaslin Boulevard), previously home to a Cinebarre movie theater. Campus’s intention for the property is to build a transit-oriented mixed use development that includes housing for faculty, staff and possibly graduate students.

A comprehensive plan for development is expected to be completed by December 2025. CU Â鶹ӰԺ will continue to engage campus constituents, community members and City of Louisville leaders as plans for the site take shape.

Building Efficiency Project

This project will conduct facilities improvement measures to 18 buildings on Main Campus. Projected annual utility savings are estimated at $352,000 with an additional $25,000 in operational savings. Annual carbon dioxide (CO2) savings are projected at 2,226 metric tons.

Anticipated Construction Start: Fall 2024
Anticipated Completion: Fall 2025
Budget: $5,775,000
Number of buildings: 18

Chemistry and applied mathematics facility

CU Â鶹ӰԺ is in the planning phase of a project to construct a new academic facility aimed at advancing research and educational opportunities in chemistry and applied mathematics on the southeast side of the Business School Field along Regent Drive on Main Campus. The facility will host modern research laboratories for chemistry, applied mathematics and specialized quantum research, supporting research missions in analytical spectroscopy, environmental chemistry and computational mathematics.

Anticipated Construction Start: October 2024
Anticipated Occupancy: October 2026
Construction Cost: $127 million
Total Project Cost: $175.43 million
Gross square footage: 79,200 ASF / 140,000 GSF

East Campus Solar Array

Current plans encompass the construction of a 1.1 megawatt (MW) ground-mounted solar array on a two-acre site east of parking Lot 566.

Anticipated Construction Start: June 2025
Anticipated Occupancy: January 2026
Total Project Cost: $7,817,250
Size: 2 acres

Residence Two

Residence Two will be the second new, modern housing building to open in the NBC area.  It will house approximately 350 upper-division or graduate students in on-campus apartment-style housing.  It will provide amenities that will benefit the greater neighborhood population, including a food market, graduate family housing office, and study spaces for students..

Anticipated Construction Start: 2025
Anticipated Construction Finish: August 2027
Budget: $116 million
Construction Budget: $87 million
Gross square footage: 176,000 GSF

Read more about Athens Street building removal construction impacts here.

West District Energy Plant (WDEP)

This heavily used auxiliary facility, which provides heat and cooling to most of the main campus, is being upgraded to extend its life and improve its efficiency. The improvements, which call for replacing a pair of combustion turbines, installing nitrogen oxides (NOx) reduction equipment and retiring one of the plant’s boilers, will reduce the plant’s NOx emissions by over 50% and carbon emissions by 5%, extending the usable life of the plant while campus works toward transitioning to a carbon-neutral future.

Anticipated Construction Start: January 2024
Anticipated Construction Finish: June 2025
Budget: $43.1 Million