Construction

Stevenson University has bought the Shire Pharmaceuticals plant next door to its Owings Mills campus, a $10.5 million deal that a school official said will expand the grounds by a third and help meet the goal of increasing full-time student enrollment to 4,000 in the next two years.

A forecast of stormy weather didn’t keep groundbreaking ceremonies for Austin Community College’s Elgin campus from proceeding today — but it did force the festivities indoors.

Los Angeles Community College District is cracking down after a Los Angeles Times series found millions of dollars in waste and abuse in the district's $5.7-billion, bond-financed construction program.

Cosumnes River College broke ground Monday on a new architecture and construction center.

The university backs away from knocking down its five-decade-old faculty club, instead opting to level a parking garage to make way for the new facility.

Jamestown College has received a $3 million donation for a project to renovate and expand the building that serves as headquarters for its science and nursing departments.

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved the renovation of Armstrong and Bryan halls, construction of a new state-of-the-art dining hall at Shaw Hall and installation of a new utility distribution system in Brody Complex.

The Los Angeles Community College District is moving to fire an Irvine contractor accused of shoddy workmanship and fraud in the construction of a Valley College classroom complex that became a symbol of problems with the district's $5.7-billion campus rebuilding program.

While Loyola University was closed for fall break, work began Monday to cut down a massive live oak estimated to be as old as the Uptown school to make way for the expansion of Monroe Hall. Felling the century-old tree was a last resort, according to university officials.

A new concert hall and music building, a new student center on the site of the present Nykerk Hall and a new art museum are planned as part of a $175 million fundraising campaign for Hope College, said to be the largest in the college’s history.