{"id":11469,"date":"2025-10-19T22:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11469\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T22:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T22:08:07","slug":"fgcu-provides-update-about-campus-construction-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11469\/","title":{"rendered":"FGCU provides update about campus construction projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n            1 of 6<br \/>\n            \u00a0\u2014\u00a0FGCU Pix 3.png\n        <\/p>\n<p>Crews working on the 10,000 square foot addition to Cohen Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>Will Wittstruck\/WGCU<\/p>\n<p>\n            2 of 6<br \/>\n            \u00a0\u2014\u00a0FGCU Pix 1.png\n        <\/p>\n<p>  Miguel Rodriguez-Aquino, Project Manager II at FGCU, pointing at a map of FGCU showing where the new Academic Building 10 will be located.<\/p>\n<p>Will Wittstruck\/WGCU<\/p>\n<p>\n            3 of 6<br \/>\n            \u00a0\u2014\u00a0FGCU PIX 2.png\n        <\/p>\n<p>One of the main topics covered at a recent press conference was the ongoing renovations to Cohen Student Union, which are expected to be completed in Spring 2026.<\/p>\n<p> Will Wittstruck\/WGCU<\/p>\n<p>\n            4 of 6<br \/>\n            \u00a0\u2014\u00a0FGCU Pix 4.png\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n            5 of 6<br \/>\n            \u00a0\u2014\u00a0FGCU Pix 5.png\n        <\/p>\n<p>An expansion to the Bower School of Music was mentioned during the press conference. Additions will include new theatre and more rehearsal space. <\/p>\n<p>Will Wittstruck\/WGCU<\/p>\n<p>\n            6 of 6<br \/>\n            \u00a0\u2014\u00a0FGCU Pix 6.png\n        <\/p>\n<p> The cleared land for Academic Building 10, an expansion to the Marieb College of Health, is set to break ground in summer 2026 and be completed in 2029. <\/p>\n<p>Will Wittstruck\/WGCU<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gulf Coast University hosted a press conference  to update multiple construction projects on the Lee County campus.<\/p>\n<p>Called &#8220;Campus In Progress: Building our Future&#8221; the press conference described progress of the Cohen Student Union expansion, construction of Academic Building 10, and announced an expansion to the Bower School of Music.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main topics covered at the press conference was the ongoing renovations to Cohen Student Union, which are expected to be completed in Spring 2026. <\/p>\n<p>An expansion to the Bower School of Music was mentioned during the press conference. Additions will include new theatre and more rehearsal space.<\/p>\n<p>Land has been cleared for Academic Building 10, an expansion to the Marieb College of Health, and is set to break ground in summer 2026 and be completed in 2029. <\/p>\n<p>WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wgcu.secureallegiance.com\/wgcu\/WebModule\/Donate.aspx?P=JOURNALISM&amp;PAGETYPE=PLG&amp;CHECK=Fh6V9MuzTVcdN7RxIr2SYb1YhDw50SikSh2nq0qouhg%3d\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">donate\u00a0<\/a>now. Thank you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1 of 6 \u00a0\u2014\u00a0FGCU Pix 3.png Crews working on the 10,000 square foot addition to Cohen Student Union.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-11469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}