The University of Missouri-Kansas City has announced and begun construction on major improvements to its physical facilities to meet key strategic goals.

Projects currently under construction include:

• The 160,000 square foot Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building project at 25^th and Charlotte streets, the largest capital improvement project in UMKC history.
• The $14.5 million medical building for the School of Medicine campus in St. Joseph, Missouri, that will provide 22,000 square feet of medical education space.
• A new campus dining concept called the Foodiverse that will bring a food-parlor environment to the first floor of the Student Union on the Volker Campus.
• An expansion of Student Success services, with new facilities on the fourth floor of the Miller Nichols Library.
• 51^st Street Pedestrian Plaza, which will enclose 51^st Street from Cherry to Rockhill to provide a walkable, landscaped area for campus and community use.

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Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building (11/11)

• Due to construction around the Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building, traffic flow on 24^th Terrace and Charlotte Street is now one way. No left turns are allowed from Charlotte onto 24th Terrace. Right turns only are allowed when exiting the parking garage onto 24th Terrace. This traffic pattern will be in effect for the duration of the project.
• The campus surface parking lot at 25th and Charlotte streets closed. Student permit parking is no longer allowed in lot 68, located south of 25th along Charlotte Street. Health Sciences Campus map and Shuttle (PDF).
• Faculty, staff and students can park in the seven-floor Hospital Hill Parking Garage 28 on the southeast corner of 24th and Charlotte streets, just north of the construction site/former lot, or in a surface lot 67 to the east at 25th and Campbell streets. Student parking in the garage is available on floors four through seven.
• Parking for UMKC School of Dentistry clinic patients as well as metered spots for other UMKC Health Sciences District visitors has been moved to surface lot 68.
• UMKC IDs are required to scan in and out of the parking garage.  
• UMKC hosted a community celebration of the construction launch in September.

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51^st Street Pedestrian Plaza (9/17)

• Starting Monday, Sept. 23, 51st Street between Cherry Street and Rockhill Road will be closed to cars and open to pedestrian traffic. 
  
• Barriers will be placed:
  • at the intersection of 51st and Cherry streets. (Cherry Street will remain open).
  • just north of the Linda Hall Library access road on Holmes south of 51st Street.
  • just west of the Plaster Center loading dock access.
• Barricades with “Street closed, delivery access only” signs will be placed at Rockhill Road and 51st Street.
• Several stop signs were added and road markings were repainted as traffic-control measures and to enhance pedestrian safety.
• UMKC administrators will be engaging with various constituent groups this semester to gather feedback about amenities to be added to the walkway. Enhancements, including furniture and lighting, will continue through spring semester.  

St. Joseph School of Medicine Campus (7/26)

• Construction officially began in April.
• The site has been prepared for foundational work, which has begun.
• The elevator shaft and some piping work has also been completed.
• This project is on schedule to open in June 2025.

Foodiverse (7/26)

• Construction at Student Union started in June with clearing space.
• The dining hall at Atterbury will remain open in the Fall 2024 semester, as well as the Starbucks in Student Union. 
• When the Foodiverse opens in January 2025, Atterbury dining services will be closed for renovations to create a new expanded student welcome center at Atterbury.

 Miller Nichols Library Renovation (7/26)

• The fourth floor of Miller Nichols Library, formerly the silent study floor, is currently closed.
• The second floor of the library is now the silent study floor; this change is permanent.
• For the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters, UMKC Tutoring will be available in person in Atterbury Student Success Center, Room 236.
• In Fall 2025, the renovated fourth floor will offer open study spaces for all students, study and meeting rooms and laptop stations. Student-success programs such as Supplemental Instruction, UMKC Tutoring, UMKC PALs (Peer Academic Leadership program) and First Gen Roo will gain areas to meet with the students in their programs and updated classroom space.