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Date: February 4, 2004

UT System News Release

Regents approve $32 million for construction projects

BROWNSVILLE – Funding and design approval for a new student housing at the UT Health Science Center at Houston was among $32 million in construction projects authorized by the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System on Wednesday. The student housing project in Houston is a $22.5 million, 315-unit apartment complex. The completion date is August 2005.

The regents also approved funding and design plans for a $9.45 million parking garage at UT San Antonio, in addition to a new academic building currently under construction. Completion of the garage is scheduled for March 2005.

The board also received a revised campus master plan for UT Tyler. The updated plan will guide the university as it accommodates a projected increase in enrollment of almost 50 percent by 2012. Enrollment last fall was 4,783, and projections are for at least 7,000 students by 2012.

More information about these projects is available in the background material accompanying the agenda for the regents' meeting. See the Facilities Planning and Construction section of the Agenda Book.

More news and support materials from the Meeting of the Board (February 3-4, 2004)