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Had been wondering when this was going to happen.

Groundbreaking set for Wayne State's Mike Ilitch School of Business
$50 million facility in The District Detroit expected to open in 2018

By KIRK PINHO
July 15, 2016
Crain's Detroit Business



A groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday morning will officially kick off construction of Wayne State University's new $50 million Mike Ilitch School of Business.

The new business school, expected to be complete in 2018, is the product of a $40 million donation from the Ilitch family, $35 million of which will be used for the 120,000-square-foot building at Woodward Avenue and Temple Street. The remaining $5 million from the donation is for an endowment for the school itself.

The new school is part of The District Detroit project, the sweeping redevelopment plan for 45-50 blocks of the downtown area that will include the new $627.5 million hockey arena for the Detroit Red Wings.

The Ilitches own the land on which the new building will sit and will lease it to Wayne State for a nominal amount.

The new facility is expected to include state-of-the-art technology, classrooms, labs, offices, a conference learning center, open collaboration space and support facilities for up to 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...ol-of-business