A&M System, Fort Worth officials ‘top out” first campus building

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FORT WORTH, Texas - Officials with the Texas A&M University System, City of Fort Worth and Tarrant County gathered Monday to celebrate the "topping out" of the first building at Texas A&M-Fort Worth.

Once it is completed in 2026, the eight-story, $185 million building will feature academic programs including law, medical technology, nursing, engineering and others designed to meet the economic development and workforce needs of one of the fastest growing cities in America and one of the most robust economic regions of Texas. Other workforce training and professional development opportunities specific to the region will be offered.

On Monday, officials thanked construction workers with a ceremony celebrating "topping out" the building with a barbecue lunch and the ceremonial signing of a girder representing the final piece completing the top of the building.

"It was only three years ago; I stood on this site - a parking lot at the time - and announced the intent to build an urban research campus," said Chancellor John Sharp of The Texas A&M University System. "Today, only three years later, our first building - the Law & Education Building is being "topped out," thanks to our hardworking construction team."

The A&M System, City of Fort Worth and Tarrant County are in the process of designing the second building, Research & Innovation Building A. The original vision was for the partnership to construct a campus of at least three buildings on the four blocks the A&M System owns in southeast downtown.

Fort Worth and Tarrant County officials approached the A&M System about investing in Fort Worth, one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities, to provide more educational opportunities and workforce training for the North Texas region.

Photos and video from the event are available to download.

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About The Texas A&M University System
The Texas A&M University System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation, with a budget of $7.3 billion. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, a comprehensive health science center, eight state agencies, and the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus, the Texas A&M System educates more than 157,000 students and makes more than 21 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. System-wide, research and development expenditures exceed $1 billion and help drive the state's economy.

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