Major Building Projects Taking Shape at UMKC

Construction includes largest capital improvement project to date

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has announced and begun construction on major improvements to its physical facilities to meet key strategic goals.

Projects currently under construction include:

• The 200,000 square foot Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building project at 25^th and Charlotte streets, the largest capital improvement project in UMKC history.
• The $14.5 million medical building for its School of Medicine campus in St. Joseph, Missouri, that will provide 22,000 square feet of medical education space.
• A new campus dining concept called the Foodiverse that will bring a food-parlor environment to the first floor of the Student Union on the Volker Campus.
• An expansion of Student Success services, with new facilities on the fourth floor of the Miller Nichols Library.
• 51^st Street Pedestrian Plaza, which will enclose 51^st Street from Cherry to Rockhill to provide a walkable, landscaped area for campus and community use.

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Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building construction updates (7/17)

• On Aug. 1, the campus surface parking lot at 25th and Charlotte streets will close to public use.
• The lot will be enclosed with fencing as crews begins site preparation.
• Faculty, staff and students will park in the seven-floor Hospital Hill Parking Garage on the southeast corner of 24th and Charlotte streets, just north of the construction site/former lot.
• Parking for UMKC School of Dentistry clinic patients as well as metered spots for other UMKC Health Sciences District visitors will be in a lot south of the site.
• UMKC will host a community celebration of the construction launch at 3 p.m. Sept. 11.

St. Joseph School of Medicine Campus construction updates (7/17)

• Construction officially began in April.
• Trees have been cleared and dirt has been moved to pave the way for foundational work.
• The elevator shaft and some piping work has also been completed.
• This project is on schedule to open in June 2025.

Foodiverse (7/17)

• Construction at Student Union started in June with clearing space.
• The dining hall at Atterbury will remain open in the Fall 2024 semester, as well as the Starbucks in Student Union.
• When the Foodiverse opens, Atterbury dining services will be closed for renovations to create a new expanded student welcome center at Atterbury.

Miller Nichols Library Renovation (7/17)

• The fourth floor of Miller Nichols Library is currently closed.
• The second floor of the library is now the silent study floor; this change is permanent.
• For the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters. UMKC Tutoring will be available in person in Atterbury Student Success Center, Room 236.

51^st Street Pedestrian Plaza (7/17)

• Traffic patterns on the half blocks surrounding 51^st Street are currently being redesigned, and the university is waiting for additional city approval.