Posts Tagged ‘construction’

New residence hall will open next January

Construction near the Bruin Hills apartments won’t be stopping anytime soon, even after the completion of Dickens Hall this fall. The new Bruin Hills residence hall, phase II of the Bruin Hills construction project, is now slated to open in January 2013, said director of residence life Anthony...

March 16th, 2012 | Featured News, News | Read More

New residence hall tops out, named for Dickens

For the second time in two months, Belmont president Bob Fisher stood in a construction zone in front of dozens of Belmont officials and students to celebrate the topping out of a building. This time, however, he had more to announce than just the progress of the new residence hall near Bruin Hills. At...

February 27th, 2012 | News | Read More

Law building tops out

For Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher, topping out the Randall and Sadie Baskin Law Center on Tuesday morning was like a point on Lewis and Clark’s voyage to the Pacific. “We’re on the Yellowstone River,” Fisher said. “We’re still going west and we’re still going...

January 24th, 2012 | News | Read More

Fisher announces major academic building

Belmont will pursue the “chance of a lifetime” through the construction of a major academic building on the corner of 15th and Wedgewood avenues by 2014. The planned building is expected to have around 160,000 square feet of space and to cost more than $40 million, President Dr. Bob Fisher said at...

August 24th, 2011 | Featured News, News | Read More

Building boom continues

For the first time in three years, Belmont officials have no new buildings to open at the beginning of the school year. But there’s not even a temporary lull in the sounds of blasting and construction. Building continues on the Randall and Sadie Baskin Center, which will house the College of Law, and...

August 23rd, 2011 | News | Read More

Rose Park complex to open soon

The final stages of construction and the March opening of Rose Park and Sports Complex in the Edgehill community have not stemmed the controversy surrounding the project since its beginning more than five years ago. Feelings are mixed about the renovations of the Rose Park sports facilities in the community...

February 22nd, 2011 | News | Read More

‘Whole Lotta Shaking Going On’

“Boom, boom, boom, boom, I want a double boom,” Belmont students will live with the construction equivalent of the 1990s dance hit by the Vengaboys for a few months. Blasting starts next Monday for the new Randall and Sadie Baskin Center at the corner of Acklen and 15th Avenue. Blasting will occur...

November 8th, 2010 | News | Read More

College of Law honors donors

The College of Law will be the newest academic addition to Belmont, bringing another professional degree to the university’s growing list of programs. The next step toward the law school came with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site – the corner of 15th and Acklen avenues – and the announcement...

October 27th, 2010 | News | Read More

Groundbreaking ceremony marks next step toward College of Law

The College of Law will be the newest academic addition to Belmont, bringing another professional degree to the growing programs university-wide. A groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday at the site – the corner of 15th and Acklen avenues – is the next step toward the law school. “Nashville...

October 12th, 2010 | News | Read More

Proposed traffic changes under scrutiny

With the dust still settling on Patton, Bear House and McWhorter, Belmont will begin construction in October on the building that will house the School of Law. In conjunction with the new building, the university has proposed traffic changes to 15th and Wedgewood avenues to accommodate growth, but the...

September 29th, 2010 | News | Read More

Belmont grows greener: Pharmacy building’s roof designed with sustainability in mind

Belmont’s new pharmacy building is going green … and orange … and purple. More than 7,000 colorful plants cover its “green roof,” the largest of its kind on a Tennessee educational building. “This building is going to have a great impact on our city,” said Belmont president Robert...

August 25th, 2010 | News | Read More

Belmont Heights to become concert hall

Belmont announced that it will renovate the Belmont Heights Baptist Church to create a classical concert venue in what is now the church’s main sanctuary. In addition, the university announced that the McAfee family will provide the lead gift to start the project, which will cost an estimated $7 million...

August 25th, 2010 | News | Read More

Growth quite a stretch for Belmont

Construction won’t stop anytime soon at Belmont, according to the university’s Vision 2015 plan. The plan calls for continuing construction on and off the main campus, including everything from building new athletic facilities in Rose Park and renovating the Belmont Heights Sanctuary to restoring...

April 30th, 2010 | News | Read More

‘Vision 2015’ outlines Belmont’s future

While most students were away from campus on spring break, Belmont unveiled Vision 2015, a document laying out Belmont’s next five years of growth and development. The three-page document outlines Belmont’s intentions to further establish itself on the national stage after 10 years of significant...

March 24th, 2010 | News | Read More

Parking headaches

Belmont has 2,850 parking spaces spread all around campus. In spite of having so many spots, many students complain that it takes them at least 25 to 45 minutes on an average to find parking. Some students arrive 30 minutes prior to class just to be safe and secure a spot, but that too fails sometimes....

October 28th, 2009 | News | Read More

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