“With this amount, how many students are robbed of attending VCU in scholarships? Most importantly, what actions are being taken to ensure that enormous wastes like these are prevented in the future?” Wilder said in Tuesday’s press conference.
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VCU moving ahead with arts building planned at Broad and Belvidere, now expected to cost $253M
Amid inflation and supply chain challenges, VCU expects it will cost tens of millions more to build the sizable new arts building it’s planning downtown.
Update: Wilder calls for Rao’s dismissal, JLARC investigation after $73M VCU Health development payout
VCU Health revealed the payment Friday in response to a FOIA request from BizSense. The payment let the health system back out of the project and the 25-year lease it signed months into the pandemic.
VCU Health, after FOIA request, reveals it paid $73M to back out of unbuilt downtown development
The payment was quietly made to Project 10th Street Owner LLC, tied to Oak Street Real Estate Capital, which was handling financing for the project for developer Capital City Partners.
VCU finishes construction of $125M STEM building on Franklin St.
Built on the site of the former Franklin Street Gym, the new 168,000-square-foot, six-story building brings added lab, classroom and office space to the university’s College of Humanities and Sciences.
Sweet Frog founder’s hot chicken concept adds spot near VCU
Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken is taking over for the short-lived Waffle House across the street from VCU’s Siegel Center. It’ll be the fourth location in the region and comes amid a growth spurt for the two-year-old chain.
VCU completes $420M Children’s Hospital addition as Bon Secours caps off clinic in Manchester
VCU Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for a $420 million addition to its Children’s Hospital in downtown Richmond. Bon Secours similarly marked the completion of a $3 million Manchester clinic for uninsured people.
VCU considering a 3-5 percent tuition increase for FY24
The university is also considering a 6 percent increase to the mandatory fees students pay. It would bring the annual cost of a full course load to more than $16,000 for in-state undergraduates.
New VCU project for Public Safety Building site pegged at $415M
At 314,000 square feet in size, the Dentistry Center project would cost $90 million more than a previously planned development for the site.
A Modest Proposal: VCU should acquire the historic Glasgow House for its president’s house (Guest Commentary)
It would add immeasurably to the appeal of spirit of VCU to have its president live immediately adjacent to campus. It would revive a tradition: The president did live on campus until the 1970s when student unrest drove him to find shelter in the posh West End suburbs.