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Date: 
July 14, 2008

Following up on my last post, I'm glad to report that Arizona State University, along with its sister institutions, has successfully secured an unprecedented state investment for university constructi

ASU's Downtown Building Nearly Done

Jahna Berry
June 20, 2008 | The Arizona Republic | External Media

Workers are finishing a signature building on Arizona State University's downtown Phoenix campus.

The $71 million future home for the journalism school and Channel 8 is a bronze building with crisp lines, loft-like spaces and cutting-edge classroom details, said Richard Stanley, a senior vice president and university planner.

"We wanted to put in place the notion that this was for an urban campus," Stanley said. "It's not just another office building."

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication will move from Tempe to downtown Phoenix this summer, in time for the fall term. The school will share the six-story, 223,000-square-foot building with the public television station and KBAQ, a classical music station.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/2008/06/20/20080620phx-cronkite0621.html

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