Lackawanna College’s newest building in Scranton is on pace to open in time for the start of the fall semester.
Construction crews are working on the foundation of the new Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue. Brian Costanzo, the college’s vice president for external affairs, said the foundation will be poured next week and expects the building materials to be delivered by the end of the month. He anticipates it being done by Sept. 1.
“We’re pretty much on track,” he said. “We’re hoping to have it open for the fall semester.”
The center will consist of a new two-story, 17,000-square-foot building and a smaller 6,500-square-foot, two-story building adjacent to the current lot. The combined 24,000-square-foot center will house the college’s robotics, electric vehicles and advanced vehicle technologies, and cybersecurity programs. It will include labs, classrooms, an auto lab with car lifts and electric vehicle equipment, large labs specifically designed for robotics and automation equipment, and computer labs for the cyber security program.
It will offer undergraduate degrees, corporate training and certificates, as well as dual enrollment courses for high school students.
Crews work on the foundation of Lackawanna College’s new Center for Technology Innovation on Wyoming Avenue in Scranton Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Christine Lee/Staff Photo)
Project posters on a fence where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
The entrance to the site of the future Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Christine Lee/Staff Photo)
Excavation for a foundation at the site where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
Excavation for a foundation at the site where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
Excavation for a foundation at the site where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
Excavation for a foundation at the site where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
Excavation for a foundation at the site where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
A banner poster affixed to a fence where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
An architectural rendering on a banner affixed to a fence where Lackawanna College is building a Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton, shown here on April 1, 2026. (JIM LOCKWOOD / STAFF PHOTO)
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Crews work on the foundation of Lackawanna College’s new Center for Technology Innovation on Wyoming Avenue in Scranton Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Christine Lee/Staff Photo)
Costanzo said cold weather caused some issues with construction, but it has gone well.
The city-based college broke ground on the center late last year. It received funding from the state, city, Lackawanna County and private entities, including Coterra Energy, which donated $1 million to the project. In return, the energy company received $750,000 in tax credits from the state Department of Community and Economic Development’s Neighborhood Assistance Program. The center also received $1 million from the Appalachian Regional Commission’s Area Development Program, the largest amount for a project from the program, according to officials.
The college announced plans for the center in November 2022 and planned to renovate a six-story building at 401 Adams Ave. to house it but scrapped the plans because the renovation would have been too expensive, officials previously said. That building was listed for sale in 2024. Scranton’s zoning board approved the plans for the new building, and the college purchased the neighboring Able Brake building last year.
Costanzo said the college is excited to open the new center because it will fill a need for the occupations being taught inside it.
“We’re excited to train the workforce in these areas,” he said.
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Then: Lackawanna College officials break ground for the Center for Technology Innovation in the 500 block of Wyoming Avenue in Scranton. It will consist of a new two-story, 17,000-square-foot building and a smaller 6,500-square-foot, two-story building adjacent to the current lot that will house college’s robotics, electric vehicles and advanced vehicle technologies, and cybersecurity programs.
Now: Crews have dug up the ground for the building’s foundation, which is expected to be filled next week, with the building on target to be finished by Sept. 1.