Projects

Update 9/4/26: Juneau Construction will be on site this month surveying the layout, with plans to mobilize and start on the fencing mid-month. Working on the tie-in with the city's power and York Natural Gas. Peer reviewing the design plans and pricing them out. Placing an early delivery for elevator components, windows, and precast shop drawings. 

The first new construction since 2010, a new four-story, 400-bed building will be built along Cherry Road near the site where two former high-rise residence halls—Wofford and Richardson—were demolished in 2024. The approximately 100,000-square-foot project will help meet the university’s surging demand for housing driven by climbing enrollment and a growing slate of new degree programs. Vertical construction is set to begin in January 2027, with interior work commencing in February. Final inspections are targeted for November 2027 to keep the project on track for a spring 2028 opening.

Update 9/4/26: Poured new slab infills following plumbing inspections. Started framing the new walls. 

Update 8/31/26: Markley's (renovate and rebrand old Einsteins and add a salad bar in Markley's). Wrapped up construction. Finishing punch list. On Thomson cafeteria refresh: wrapped up construction and finishing punch list.

Update 8/31/26: Refresh 18 3rd-floor rooms and one 1st-floor room. Punch list items being worked. Furniture move back next Wednesday. Reviewing signage and shop drawings. Planning scope for winter break work.

Update 9/4/26: Final completion and clean-up. Planning additional plants and temporary fence panels to infill gaps.

Update 9/4/26: Site strawed and seeded. Remaining vegetation removed. Site fencing removed. New fence to be installed this month. Planning new landscaping along Alumni Drive. 

Update 9/4/26: Finished priming and painting the fiberglass and wood trim.

Update 9/4/26: Demolition ongoing. Estimated completion in mid- to late-November. Finalizing design of motion capture system and AV data.

Update 8/31/26: Old basement level flooring abated. Walls and doors trim being primed and painted. New roller shades installed in select spaces. New flooring to be installed next week.
New room signage installed. Punch list items are being completed.

Update 9/4/26: Old boards removed Aug. 27 and structured pressure-washed. Stucco to be coated Sept. 8, with new board installation Sept. 9-11. 

Update 8/31/26: Bid open Sept. 3. Aiming for Board contract approval Sept. 16-17. Contractor mobilize right after disc golf (Oct. 8-11, 2026)
Estimated completion before collegiate disc golf (April 2027)
Contract work duration 120 days

Update 8/31/26: Donor-funded classroom renovation: new paint and carpet, new furniture, new AV. Finishing punch list items.

Update 8/25/25: 3D scanning ongoing, historic preservations specialist touring the building.

Update 8/31/26: Pricing the pickleball side scope to work as phase 1
Reviewing pricing/scope, once complete will issue a PO, coordinate 3rd party inspections and schedule a start date.

Update 8/31/26: Pricing the design documents. Resolving some details the GC and landscape architect. Expect pricing in the next few days.

Update 12/8/25: Started the selection for the CM-R qualifications due Dec. 8.

Update 8/31/26: Renovate locker room new flooring, lockers, and lighting. 
Issuing PO. Start November 23 with completion December 31.

Estimated Project Cost: $4.1 million (Capital Reserve Fund)