Manhattan - Columbia University IMC VP&S New Research Building (2024 Bond Financing and CP Notes)

Negative Declaration

New York County (Manhattan) - The Dormitory Authority State of New York (DASNY), as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Columbia University IMC VP&S New Research Building (2024 Bond Financing and CP Notes) will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves DASNY's authorization of the issuance of DASNY obligations, on behalf of Columbia University, to finance the construction of a new, approximately 81,500-gross-square-foot ("gsf"), 9-story laboratory building located at the corner of 167th Street and Audubon Avenue in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York County, New York. The new building would be adjacent (and connected) to the existing Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion and existing Columbia University School of Nursing ("CUSON") buildings, which together form a full block biomedical research park. The new building would have all electric infrastructure to support new state-of-the-art wet laboratories, dry research space, a symposium space, and an expanded animal facility. No fossil fuels would be required as part of the building's normal operations. The Proposed Project has been designed to achieve carbon neutral and LEED Gold certification. The proposed financing would also be used to fund various institution-wide construction, renovation, rehabilitation, equipment purchase, design and refinancing projects located in buildings or facilities throughout the Columbia University system. The project is located at 167th Street and Audubon Avenue in Manhattan, New York.