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 200,000 square foot Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building project at 25th and Charlotte streets, the largest capital improvement project in UMKC history.
- The $14.5 million medical building for its 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.
- 51st Street Pedestrian Plaza, which will enclose 51st 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 (7/25)
- On Aug. 1, the campus surface parking lot at 25th and Charlotte streets will close. Student permit parking will no longer be allowed in lot 68. Health Sciences Campus map and Shuttle route (PDF)
- Faculty, staff and students can park in the seven-floor Hospital Hill Parking Garage on the southeast corner of 24th and Charlotte streets, just north of the construction site/former lot, or in a surface lot 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 will be moved to surface lot 68, located south of 25th along Charlotte Street.
- Beginning Aug. 5, UMKC IDs will be required to scan in and out of the parking garage.
- There will be a QR code coming that takes scanners to a website to follow construction updates and see progress photos for those who want to follow along with construction updates. The code will be placed at various locations around the site on the fencing for patrons to scan as they walk past.
- 3 p.m. Sept. 11, UMKC will host a community celebration of the construction launch.
St. Joseph School of Medicine Campus (7/25)
- Construction officially began in April.
- Trees have been cleared and dirt has been moved to pave the way for foundational work.
- The elevator shaft and some piping work has also been completed.
- This project is on schedule to open in June 2025.
Foodiverse (7/25)
- 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, Atterbury dining services will be closed for renovations to create a new expanded student welcome center at Atterbury.
Miller Nichols Library Renovation (7/25)
- The fourth floor of Miller Nichols Library, formerly the silent 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 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.
51st Street Pedestrian Plaza (7/25)
- Traffic patterns on the half blocks surrounding 51st Street are currently being redesigned, and the university is waiting for additional city approval.