Current Projects

Wayne State is implementing construction projects that will impact our daily activities. Two noteworthy projects are the Mike Ilitch School of Business, and the Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments.


Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments

The Wayne State Board of Governors  approved a campus housing partnership with Corvias Campus Living that provides the university with approximately $1.4 billion in total value and compensation during the 40-year term of the agreement. The partnership will allow the university to fulfill the demand for Wayne State Board of Governors paves the way for on-campus housing transformation with approval of new partnershipmore on-campus housing, while maintaining affordability for students and strengthening the university's finances. 

 

The agreement calls for Corvias to be responsible for all aspects of property and asset management, including maintenance, janitorial, and repair and replacement services. The university will continue to maintain ownership of the land and all facilities used for campus housing. Additionally, the university will also continue to provide all residence life staffing and programming.

 

The new partnership will transform the landscape of Wayne State student housing, beginning with Phase I of construction on the Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments in spring 2017. 

 

"Our students will begin seeing the benefit of our restructured housing operations soon, as we will start moving residents in to Phase I apartments in fall 2018," said Tim Michael, Wayne State's associate vice president for business and auxiliary operations and chief housing officer. "Once Phase II of the project is completed in August 2019, the Anthony Wayne Apartments will house 842 students in a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments with upscale finishes and residential grade kitchens. In addition to residential units, the new building will include 18,000 square feet for retail space and 9,000 square feet for a new student health services center." 

 

Under the guidelines of the partnership, Corvias will be responsible for the management of new capital projects, with all decisions subject to approval and review by Wayne State University. 

"Throughout the design and construction process, Wayne State will provide review, comment and approval on architectural drawings and work performed to ensure that institutional-quality projects are designed and built," said Michael. 


Mike Ilitch School of Business

Following decades of remarkable business successes and numerous sports championships, the Ilitch family, through Ilitch Holdings and Olympia Development, has recently begun construction of a massive real estate development venture, The District Detroit.  As planned, the District Detroit will become a business, sports, and entertainment epicenter which is expected to create and revitalize six new and unique neighborhoods north of Campus Martius and south of MidTown.  One of the neighborhoods, Woodward Square, will include the Bowl, a new sports arena complex for the Detroit Red Wings that will front Woodward Avenue.  In addition to featuring the iconic arena, Woodward Square will be a vibrant, mixed-use destination that will surround the arena with a soaring glass-covered concourse pulsating with nightclub electricity, food vendors, restaurants, and retail shops.  

To enhance the Woodward Square experience, the Ilitch's have offered the University the opportunity to build a new School of Business fronting Woodward between Temple and Sproat, immediately north of and adjacent to the Bowl.  Mike and Marian Ilitch have generously gifted the University $35 million towards construction of the new building and $5 million for an endowment following the completion of construction. As now envisioned, the Mike Ilitch School of Business will provide approximately 120,000 gross square feet of space over three and a half floors.  The planned program will provide amenities such as a large lecture hall, flexible classrooms and seminar rooms varying in size and adaptability, office and administration space, and a food service component supported by students and the business community.

You can read more about the District Detroit and generous gift here.


 

Electrical Service Upgrades

During the past decade the University has experienced several electrical power outages including the northeast regional power outage of August 2003.  On many other occasions the University has experienced wide variation in electrical voltage as supplied by both the Detroit Public Lighting Department (PLD) and Detroit Edison (DTE).  Problems with PLD electrical reliability have been especially acute in recent years, forcing the University to shut down operations and cancel classes in June 2011 and September 2013.  Planned solutions to mitigate the impact of major outages as well as "brownouts" and power surges include additional emergency back-up power generators, uninterruptable power supplies for sensitive instrumentation, and time delay restart devices for freezers.  Multiple buildings and locations will receive electrical service reliability upgrades such as generators, uninterruptable power supply, freezer protection, and service entrance upgrades.


 

For additional questions, please contact FP&M at fpm@wayne.edu.

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