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[aandsdean]

Sorry for the cross-post from the "Deans and Chairs" board, but I think maybe the "Meet and Greet" board will get more response.  Thanks, aands

At the risk of outing myself, my university is contemplating a new science building and we're looking for what realtors would call "comparables."  Our president and provost have asked us in A&S to develop a portfolio of recent science buildings (say, since 2002) from colleges and universities that are approximately similar to us.

The parameters are:

Student population:  2,000-5,000 FTE, give or take a few
Endowment:  Less than $100 million, give or take--ours is around $80 million
(Privates are our primary target, but similar public schools with appropriate projects would be interesting too)

We're looking at cost and cost per square foot, fundraising strategies, LEED certification, and generally things that have worked or not in the design, construction, and early operational phases of the building's life.  We guess that the buildings we'll be looking at will have cost between $15 million and $35 million, depending on size, location, and year of construction (Katrina, for instance, drove up regional costs quite a bit more than 10% in the subsequent year).  Right now, the best example we have is the Trustees' Science Center at Drury University (Springfield, MO), which is about 65,000 square feet, we believe, and cost around $19.6 million when it opened in 2002.

I don't necessarily need particulars here--just pointers to schools that are in this ballpark.

THANK YOU very much for any leads...

[vardahilwen]

I sent you a private message with a link that might be helpful.