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Portland colleges, city tout new $100 million academic building in downtown
By Andrew Theen | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on March 20, 2017 at 9:00 AM, updated March 20, 2017 at 9:09 AM
http://www.oregonlive.com/education/...y_tout_ne.html
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The city of Portland and its three biggest schools of higher learning are teaming up to transform a parking lot into a $100 million hub for public health, education and city services.
Leaders from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland Community College and the city on Monday will formally kick off plans to construct a 200,000-square-foot building on PSU's downtown campus by 2020. Still in the design phase, the building is projected to be seven to nine stories tall.
The finished project would be one of the largest academic structures in the city and fill a void for PSU along its nearby transit hub.
"We are very excited to leverage the power of PSU, OHSU and PCC to train Portland's future health and education leaders," PSU President Wim Wiewel said in a statement. "This unique collaboration with the city takes us to a new level of community cooperation, one that sets a standard for Portland, the region and the state."
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