Set to be demolished are Parker Hall, Noyes Hall, Read Hall, Loeb Hall, London Hall, Neff Annex, the Columbia Professional Building and the Old Student Health Building.
Mizzou North, on Business Loop 70, will be vacated. A buyer is being sought. Through this plan, we are eliminating space costs that allow more funds to be reinvested back into our research and educational missions, said Gary Ward, vice chancellor for operations, in a news release.
The Mizzou North sale will eliminate the largest amount of deferred maintenance among the projects, nearly $55 million.
The building demolitions come after the opening of some new ones, including the 47,000-square-foot, $24 million Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield Music Center a year ago. There also is the new Center for Missouri Studies and State Historical Society of Missouri.
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The following buildings will be demolished, according to a news release:
Parker and Noyes halls and the Old Student Health Building, which are next to each other on South Sixth Street;
Read Hall, on Hitt Street across from Ellis Library;
Loeb Hall, on South Fifth Street near Peace Park;
London Hall, on South Sixth Street next to Lafferre Hall;
Neff Annex, at Ninth and Elm streets;
Columbia Professional Building, on University Avenue across from Middlebush Hall. We have been developing this plan for years, and the plan is now actively beginning, MU spokesperson Christian Basi said.
The process of vacating buildings, which will take several months, has begun, he said. After that, MU will take bids for the demolition process.
Eight buildings on the University of Missouri campus will be demolished as part of the school’s effort to reduce maintenance costs and use space more efficiently, the university announced Thursday.
Set for eventual demolition are the Columbia Professional Building, Loeb Hall, London Hall, Neff Annex, Noyes Hall, the Old Student Health Building, Parker Hall and Read Hall. MU is seeking a buyer for a ninth building, Mizzou North.
By removing 435,000 square feet of space, MU will save more than $2.5 million in annual operating costs and remove $93.7 million from its tally of deferred maintenance work. There is currently $868 million worth of maintenance needed across campus, a university spokesperson said.