CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS:
CURRENT PROJECTS

Listed below is the latest information on GW's current development and construction activities. For futher information, contact us at talktogw@gwu.edu

Gelman Library Renovation

As part of the fiscal years 2012-2014 capital budgets, the George Washington University Board of Trustees approved a $16 million renovation project for Gelman Library. The relocation of and renovation to the Gelman Library’s entrance floor will include a new main entry from Kogan Plaza, collaborative learning spaces, dedicated spaces for technology, and a centralized service area that provides patrons with ready access to reference services and technological support.

Project Overview & Project Updates

Ross Hall Renovation

Work began in May 2012 on two major renovations at Ross Hall: creation of a new ResearchCenter for Neglected Diseases of Poverty on floors 5 and 6 of Ross Hall and upgrades to the central utility plant in the basement levels, to support the new research center, strengthen the infrastructure within Ross Hall and to serve the future Science and Engineering Hall.

Overview and project updates

Square 39/
School of Public Health & Health Services (SPHHS)

Square 39 will be the site for the university’s new home for its School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). Square 39 is one of the 16 approved development sites in GW’s 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan and is bounded by K Street NW, Washington Circle, New Hampshire Avenue NW, and 24th Street N.W. The triangular building will face Washington Circle and provide a new front door to the Foggy Bottom Campus. Applications for second-stage Planned Unit Development approval were filed in December 2010 with the DC Zoning Commission and approved in July 2011. Construction began in March of 2012 and will continue through 2013, with occupancy anticipated during the spring 2014 semester.

Overview and regulatory filings
Construction updates

Square 55/
Science & Engineering Hall

Square 55 is located between 22nd, 23rd, H and I Streets, N.W. and redevelopment of this site for academic purposes was approved by the DC Zoning Commisison as part of GW's 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan. The university has begun the construction of the state-of-the-art multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teaching and laboratory building. Applications for second-stage Planned Unit Development approval were filed in November 2010 with the DC Zoning Commission and approved in July. Construction began during summer 2010 and is anticipated for completion in early 2015.

Overview and regulatory filings
Construction updates
Daily Photos of Construction Site

Site 75A on Square 75

George Washington University is beginning plans to move forward with a project outlined in the 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan. The university is initiating the zoning process to redevelop several GW-owned investment properties on Pennsylvania Avenue to maximize the value of the real estate in support of the university’s academic and research mission.

The redevelopment will include a previously identified campus plan site, Site 75A, which includes six properties—— 2134, 2136, 2138, 2318 ½, 2140, and 2142 Pennsylvania Ave.—that will be demolished. In addition, the university will redevelop the adjacent building—2100W Pennsylvania Avenue—formerly occupied by Kaiser Permanente until it vacated the space in fall 2012. The university will combine these sites to create a more efficient development and maximize the value of its investment in support of the university’s mission. The project’s construction is not expected to begin until 2014.

Overview and regulatory filings

Site 77A on Square 77 / New Residence Hall

Site 77A on Square 77 is located between 21st, 22nd, H and I Streets, N.W. is one of the 16 approved development sites GW's 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan. The university has begun the design process for a new residence hall to be located on this site. The project is anticipated to be completed by summer 2016, in order to open in the fall for the 2016 academic year so as to offset the planned discontinuation of undergraduate housing at City Hall, an off-campus property, as required by Condition P-8 of the Campus Plan / PUD Order.

Overview & Regulatory Filings

Site 102B on Square 102 / The George Washington Museum
& The Textile Museum

Centrally located on the Foggy Bottom Campus, The George Washington University Museum & The Textile Museum will foster the study and appreciation of art, history, and culture, both within the university and throughout the global community. Through its affiliations and its own collections, including the 18,000 works of the Textile Museum and the unparalleled Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, the new Museum will link audiences, scholars, and collections with other museums, cultural and academic organizations. Construction began in fall 2013 with substantial completion anticipated in late 2013 and the museum opening in 2014.

Overview and regulatory filings
Construction Updates

Square 103/Law Learning Center Garage

Located at 2028 G Street, this project will house five stories of below-grade improvements, including one story of program space for GW's Law School and four stories of underground parking containing approximately 392 parking spaces. The surface of this project will contain entrances to below-grade space as well as approximately 58 additional parking spaces, University loading and service activity, and landscaping. In the second phase, the University will construct the above-ground building, which will be the subject of a future second-stage Planned Unit Development application and Campus Plan application. The below-grade parking portion of this project was substantially completed in late 2012 and opened for parking customers in early 2013.  Additional work will take place in spring 2013 to complete landscaping and finishings as well as the one level of below grade academic programming space.

Overview and regulatory filings
Construction Updates