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Developer Picked For UWF BEI Project
July 12, 2013
Business Enterprises Inc., the for-profit business division of the University of West Florida, announced a developer Thursday for projects known as University Park and Northwest Village.
Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions was named the master developer for the project University park will possible include such possible football stadium, parking garage, bell tower, new student union and plaza. Northwest Village will be an active adult community for residents age 55 and up on the west end of the campus. It will provide housing for retired employees and those interested in the community.
Balfour was chosen by a committee that included representatives from Baskerville Donovan Engineering, Caldwell and Associates, Architects and Interiors and the Morette Construction Company — all of which will work with BEI to create facility plans.
The entire project will be spread over a period up to 10 years.
BEI is currently working to secure a developer and financing for a second $55 million project for a hotel, conference center, new student housing and more at the Davis Highway entrance to UWF. Read more…
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5 Responses to “Developer Picked For UWF BEI Project”
Let’s see; does anyone want to bet whether John B. (Molested) is either a UWF employee, a money lender, or a Realtor? Does UWF really need a football stadium for it’s non existent football team, an old folks home,and a country club with golf course? The legislature and Governor need to exert far more oversight over what Florida’s University System is doing with our hard earned money
There is a glaring discrepancy in the middle right side of that rendering above. It shows a football stadium which is about as useless as teats on a boar hog. I was unaware that UWF even has a football team. This is like putting the cart before the horse. Idiotic moves like this remind me of the movie “Field of Dreams”. “If we build it, they will come.”
All Universities have commecial interest. They partner with major OEM.s and Government entities to construct models for R&D and maintain commercial infrastructure to support and grow the University they have to have funds from somewhere and tax dollars do not cover that. I think it is great and can really put UWF and Florida on the map and create a lot of local revenue for hotels and restaurants and other venues. Grow the athletic department. This is great thing for area.
John B.
One doesn’t have to look far to figure out why tuition is skyrocketing. How in the world can a Florida State Institution justify having a so called (for profit division). Let the money lenders and developers take on projects such as these, and Let UWF worry about educating our young people.
An old folks home on the campus??? Could you imagine hundreds of old folks complaining about the noise every time someone scores a touchdown at the new stadium. lol