Operations at Hillsborough College’s Dale Mabry campus will be split between three locations during construction of a Tampa Bay Rays stadium and new college buildings, according to a plan shared with faculty and staff during an internal meeting on Tuesday.
College leaders originally planned for a temporary campus of trailers called “The Nest” to accommodate the same programs and amount of students at Dale Mabry.
According to the plan, “The Nest” of portable trailers at Dale Mabry will host administrative departments and resources including student services, the library, bookstore, auditorium, athletics and the Department of Public Safety.
Students and faculty will have to leave the Dale Mabry campus to teach and take classes.
The USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation, at 124 S Franklin Street in downtown Tampa, is planned to host classes for the campus’ cardiac catheterization, surgical technology, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and CT scanner programs.
Tampa Bay Park, which consists of office buildings at the corner of Himes Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, will host arts and sciences classes, as well as a handful of health science program classes and the college’s art gallery.
The college is housing classes offsite in areas conducive to learning, spokesperson Angela Eveillard said in a statement.
“All services will be housed at The Nest, and we will have a continuous shuttle service available to help accommodate schedules and parking,” she said.
According to the plan, construction of the new campus buildings will begin between January and March. Construction is set to end by 2030. The Rays are planning their new stadium to be ready by April 2029.
Relocation to the USF building and The Nest is expected to be completed by mid-March. The move to the office park is planned to start at the same time.
The college’s board of trustees is expected to discuss the plan at 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Brandon campus, 10451 Nancy Watkins Drive in Tampa.
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