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Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is one of the fastest growing Universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia, developing a strategic plan for the future known as VCU's "Quest for Distinction." The 2013 master plan lays out over 3 billion dollars in new construction and renovations that would provide housing for an additional 1,300 students, increase parking for several thousand cars and build 3 million additional square feet of academic and research space.〔(VCU ‘aspirational’ plan calls for more academic space, housing - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond News, Crime & Politics )〕 ==Currently Under Construction== *VCU Health System Children's Hospital of Richmond Pavilion and parking deck - A 160 million dollar investement located on east Broad Street between City Hall and Sanger Hall. The new construction will consolidate all of the childrenʼs facilities in the future.〔http://www.venturerichmond.com/pdfs/GRID10.pdf〕〔(VCU submits proposal to build new Children's Pavilion - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Business )〕 The new pavilion, which is expected to be complete in the summer of 2015, will house 72 clinical exam rooms organized for efficient multidisciplinary care; a surgical area with two operating rooms and two endoscopy procedure rooms; areas for diagnostic cardiology, imaging, neurodiagnostic treatment, outpatient lab services and pulmonary function testing; and shell space for future growth. The facility will be designed to create a family-friendly experience and will include a parking deck with 600 dedicated new spaces.〔(New Pavilion and Parking Deck on MCV Campus | Children's Hospital Foundation )〕〔(Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU Building New Children’s Pavilion – VCU News Center )〕 *Pauley Heart Center renovation - a $5.4 million Sanger Hall seventh-floor renovation for the Pauley Heart Center, to be completed September 2012.〔 *Grace Street Development - Overall, an estimated $83 million will be spent on a six block stretch of Grace Street, building two new student housing buildings, a 7-story office and classroom tower, a neighboring 11-story apartment tower, and a retail computer store.〔(VCU has $83 million plan for six blocks )〕 *James Branch Cabell Library Expansion and Renovation - A 50.8 million dollar project consisting of an addition coupled with renovations of . This is the first addition of library space since opening Cabell Library in 1970. The addition will provide group study rooms, a public auditorium, two new classrooms, a faculty and graduate student research and reading room and much more. This facility will be designed specifically to support and encourage student academic work and intellectual pursuit 24 hours a day.〔()〕 *VCU Basketball Practice Facility - A 25 million dollar practice facility will be located on the north side of Marshall Street adjacent to the Siegel Center. It will house the Men's and Women's basketball teams. The building's size will be and should open in 15 months.〔http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/college/vcu/vcu-announces-basketball-practice-facility-plans/article_051a4a64-a881-11e3-b540-0017a43b2370.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「VCU expansion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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