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Regents table Iowa Memorial Union renovation; approve other University of Iowa capital projects
Summary
The Iowa Board of Regents— Property and Facilities Committee recommended tabling the University of Iowa—s Iowa Memorial Union modernization while advancing a slate of other UI capital projects, including a 10-year UI Health Care master-plan spending range of $150 million to $250 million.
The Iowa Board of Regents— Property and Facilities Committee recommended tabling the University of Iowa—s planned Iowa Memorial Union modernization and forwarded other capital projects to the full board for approval.
The move on Feb. 27 leaves the IMU modernization, a multiyear student-fee-backed renovation budgeted at $81,400,000, off the committee—s consent recommendation while the board—s other UI projects were cleared for the full board.
The committee vote followed a presentation by Rod Leonards, UI vice president for operations, who outlined six items on the university—s capital register. Leonards described an umbrella request to proceed with planning for a 10-year UI Health Care master plan he said would include a range of spending over the coming decade. "What we're presenting is a range of $150,000,000 to $250,000,000 over that 10 year period of modernizations," Leonards said. He told regents those projects would return to the board with specific descriptions and…
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