{"id":2516,"date":"2025-08-25T20:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:47:15","slug":"fall-2025-campus-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/fall-2025-campus-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2025 Campus Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Facilities growth represents an investment in areas of study that will solve problems, improve the social good, and supply a skilled regional workforce. Here are the most recent updates on capital projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applied Engineering Building<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 $74.8 million project<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 89,000-square-foot facility<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Designer: Wold Architects and Engineers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Contractor: Denark Construction Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Open for Fall 2025 semester; ribbon-cutting ceremony held Aug. 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Home to Mechatronics Engineering and Engineering Technology programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Enhanced student opportunities for faculty-led research and labs for student teams, including the Experimental Vehicles Program and robotics competitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> Finishing touch to MTSU\u2019s Science Corridor of Innovation, which also includes the $40.1 million Concrete and Construction Management Building, two renovated science buildings, and the 250,000-square-foot Science Building, which opened in 2014 as the single largest investment by the state for an academic facility <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen and Denise Smith Student-Athlete Performance Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 $66 million total project cost<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Designer: GMC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Contractor: The Parent Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> 85,000 square feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> Ribbon-cutting ceremony held July 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> Includes training spaces, strength and conditioning, locker rooms, team meeting spaces, and offices to serve MTSU Athletics and MTSU student-athletes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Adds small section of outdoor loge seating to north end of Floyd Stadium<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Named after the Smiths as recognition for their extensive contributions following a formal request in April from former Gov. Bill Haslam and former U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Represents the first phase of development envisioned in the MTSU Athletics Master Plan, which includes future renovations and additions to the Murphy Center and development of a multisport indoor training facility<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Renovations of Kirksey Old Main and Rutledge Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 $54.3 million total project cost

\u2022<\/span> Designer: Anecdote

\u2022<\/span> Contractor: Messer Construction

\u2022 Estimated project completion: summer 2026

\u2022<\/span> KOM and Rutledge Hall both original buildings dating back to the institution founding in 1911; KOM was first building on campus

\u2022 KOM to remain home of MTSU\u2019s Mathematics, Computer Science, and Data Science departments

\u2022 Rutledge transforming from a dormitory to an academic building housing University College\/University Studies

\u2022<\/span> Small additions on both buildings to allow for new entries and vertical circulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Includes major changes to HVAC, plumbing, data\/IT, and electrical systems; re-planning of building layouts to accommodate future use; accessibility improvements; window replacement; and exterior building improvement<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aerospace Shelbyville Project
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\u2022<\/span>\u00a0$62.2 million total project cost<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> Designer: TMPartners<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> Contractor: Hoar Construction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Estimated completion: fall 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Project site along Highway 231 and just west of the Shelbyville Municipal Airport<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Includes facilities for the Professional Pilot concentration:

-50,000-square-foot Flight Operations Building with classroom, dispatch, faculty\/staff offices, and flight briefing

-28,000-square-foot hangar to maintain Professional Pilot aircraft fleet

-Site and utility improvements for 20-acre parcel including parking and aircraft apron and taxiway <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Parking Structure
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\u2022 $27 million total project cost<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 182,000 square feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Designer: Anecdote<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> Contractor: Barton Malow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Estimated completion: spring 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Construction of a parking garage on a portion of the existing Womack Lane housing site<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Includes demolition of Womack Lane housing complex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022<\/span> Provides approximately 550 parking spaces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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