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Minnesota State urges HEAPR funding and requests demolition/repair dollars as system faces aging facilities
Summary
Minnesota State presented its 2025 capital request stressing HEAPR as the top priority, and asked for operating items including $25 million for demolition and $50 million for repair and replacement. Officials said the system is overbuilt for current enrollment and carries a growing deferred-maintenance backlog.
Bridal Swanson, associate vice chancellor for Facilities at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, told the Capital Investment Committee that Minnesota State’s top capital priority is HEAPR to preserve existing buildings rather than add new space.
Swanson described a statewide portfolio of approximately 28,000,000 square feet across 843 structures and said deferred renewal is growing because funding has not kept pace with inflation and rising construction costs.…
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