A $187-million medical college building in downtown Phoenix is moving forward despite the sudden pullout of one of two universities responsible for the project.
Renamed to reflect the solo university in control, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix had planned to break ground on the 268,000-sq-ft, five-story Health Science and Education Building this month, after a long-postponed review by the Arizona Legislature finally gave it a green light to proceed. Due to partner Arizona State University’s departure, construction of the concrete and steel structure clad in glass and copper may be put off by a couple of months to finalize funding, most of which will come from bonds to be repaid by future Arizona Lottery revenue, says Al Bravo, associate director of public affairs for the College of Medicine.