Spring 2009 Project Archive

Here is a partial list of construction projects under way this spring and summer on UB’s three campuses:

Downtown Campus:

A $118 million Center for Clinical and Translational Research and a Bioscience Incubator within a 10-story building being constructed by UB and Kaleida Health on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Construction is an important step forward in the UB 2020 plan to expand UB academic and clinical health science programs in downtown Buffalo.
A new $26 million building for the Educational Opportunity Center, which provides educational job training, college preparation and related support services to economically disenfranchised and academically disadvantaged populations in Western New York.
$1.2 million in first-phase renovations to the UB Downtown Gateway (formerly the M. Wile building) to transform the facility into a hub for UB community initiatives and UB MD, the practice plan for more than 450 faculty physicians.

North Campus:

A $61 million, state-of-the-art, 130,000-square-foot engineering building that will include a "clean room" for work with nanodevices, a "cybertorium" with sophisticated smart technologies and flexible research labs, classrooms and meeting areas to foster interdisciplinary work.
A multimillion-dollar, 5,000-panel solar array to generate clean energy directly from the sun for students living in UB’s apartment complexes.
$6.6 million in exterior public security enhancements, including the installation of 76 security cameras monitored by University Police; new energy-efficient campus lighting is in design.
A $2.6 million renovation of the North Campus site of the UB Child Care Center.

South Campus:

A $54 million renovation of Kapoor Hall, which will be a new state-of-the-art home to the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences when completed in 2012.
Renovations of Wende and Kimball halls totaling $8.6 million.
A $3 million restoration of Harriman Quad that includes a new plaza, enhanced landscaping and energy-efficient lighting.
A $4.3 million renovation of the South Campus site of the UB Child Care Center.
$2.4 million in energy-efficient exterior lighting and security enhancements, including 70 security cameras monitored by University Police.