EVMS Education and Research Building

A groundbreaking for the new Education and Research Building was held on September 17, 2009. The new structure will provide additional research space and will allow the school to expand its medical doctor and physician assistant programs to meet an expected demand for more medical care. Former Gov. Timothy M. Kaine included EVMS in his 2008 higher education bond package that included $59 million toward an $80 million construction and renovation project. The work includes construction of the four-story education and research structure that is scheduled to open in July 2011 as well as extensive renovations to Lewis Hall. The new building will allow the school to expand its medical student enrollment by 30 percent and physician assistant enrollment by 60 percent, enabling the school to educate more health-care professionals in the face of a looming, nationwide doctor shortage. Take a flying tour of the EVMS expansion.

ODU Innovation Research Park

Innovation Research Park @ ODU is the only combination Class A office and wet/dry lab space available in Hampton Roads and sits within all three federal and state incentive zones, providing significant benefits to tenants. These incentives are in the form of tax credits, grants, and other assistance. Innovation Research Park @ ODU provides a full suite of business services for companies in all stages of development, from start-up to maturity.

IRP@ODU has a number of tenants who are stalwart organizations and companies. Tenants such as the Civil-Military Fusion Center and Civil-Military Overview (CFC/CMO), an office under the control of NATO's Allied Command Transformation headquarters, the Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, a young technology company called ipConfigure which develops software to manage video surveillance systems. The MASA Group, Inc., which is world headquarters in Paris, France, has its North America subsidiary based in IRP@ODU. MASA Group focuses on simulation, games and virtual worlds in the defense, security, corporate and entertainment markets in North America and ODU’s Vision Lab known also as the Computational Intelligence and Machine Vision Laboratory.

TCC Student Center

TCC’s new student center will be completed by winter 2010. It will have five levels and 57,000 square feet, and will be located in the plaza area next to the Martin Building at 300 Granby St. The main facade will be heavily glassed and face the courtyard. The plaza area will be reduced in size but will have an outdoor dining area and will continue to serve as a walkway between Granby and Monticello Avenue. The center will include a kitchen and dining area, a cafe for students and the public, student organization meeting and work areas, fitness and multipurpose physical activity space, and a game room. The center also will offer a "child-minding" area, meant for short periods for kids from infants to age 12. The student center also will have study rooms and lounges.