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Vanderbilt to build graduate campus, innovation hub in West Palm Beach on city and county land
Summary
Vanderbilt University announced plans for a new graduate campus on 7 acres in West Palm Beach, with programs for about 1,000 students and an innovation hub for local entrepreneurs; university leaders and Mayor Keith James marked the announcement at a Board of Trust event at the Norton Museum of Art.
Mayor Keith James welcomed Vanderbilt University’s plan to build a graduate campus in West Palm Beach, saying the project will bring graduate programs and an innovation hub to the city.
Vanderbilt plans to place the campus on about 7 acres along Tamron Avenue between Fern and D’Aura streets, using five acres of county-owned land and two acres of city-owned land, officials said. The university expects roughly 1,000 students to enroll in programs including an executive MBA, a master’s in finance and advanced degrees in artificial intelligence, data science and computer science. The site will also include an innovation hub offering programs for local entrepreneurs.
The announcement was made during Vanderbilt’s February Board of Trust meeting, held in West Palm Beach at the Norton Museum of Art rather than near the university’s main campus in Nashville, Tennessee. A university representative said the school intends to be “a critical catalyst in helping further develop the innovation ecosystem in West Palm Beach and the Palm Beach region.” The representative added, “People in this community have embraced us. They’ve been open to our vision and where we wanna go.”
City and county ownership of the parcels was specified in the university’s description of the site; the transcript does not specify agreements, purchase or lease terms, required approvals or a construction timeline. Officials did not provide a start date, enrollment schedule, total project cost or funding sources during the remarks in the transcript.
Sheryl Conn of WPB TV reported from the event at the Norton Museum of Art.
