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UA grows by a third with acquisition

Most interesting part of the article is the part where future use is suggested:

No move-in date was suggested Wednesday, but Witt has said there will likely be a two- to three-year window between the sale and UA establishing a presence on the Bryce campus because mental health staff and patients cannot move until a new hospital is built.

Witt said in an interview in September the first thing UA administrators would likely do upon obtaining the property is build larger, nicer intramural fields, freeing up space where the fields now sit — between Campus Drive and University Boulevard — for academic buildings.

UA officials provided a map in a study of the Bryce sale earlier this year that showed the potential use of the campus. There appears to be a new varsity track and field stadium in the east part of the property alongside intramural fields in the southeast, a ‘Bryce Memorial Park' in the middle and multiple academic and administrative buildings in the west and north.

Still, the Bryce property is not something that will be developed quickly, and likely would have little new development under Witt's presidency.

UA trustees will have to approve the deal, but Witt said trustees have been consulted individually.