College to build $25m health education center

Real Estate Weekly, June 8, 2005

The College of New Rochelle will again break new ground in education by building a $25 million, 60,000 s/f holistic Wellness Center.

The Center will be unique in the greater New York metropolitan area to bring together and integrate multiple disciplines to help students understand and practice the principles of healthy living and wellness throughout their lives.

"Through the Wellness Center, the College will expand our commitment to education for health and well-being, and bring that knowledge into the community," said Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, President of The College of New Rochelle. "We're not just constructing a building. We are drawing on our strength as a women-centered, faith-based, liberal arts institution and matching it with the critical need to build a healthier society."

Groundbreaking for the Wellness Center is anticipated in late summer/ early fall 2005, followed by an 18-month period of construction.

Although several buildings have been renovated, the 60,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Wellness Center will be the first new building to be constructed on campus in 40 years. The Center will consist of several technologically equipped learning spaces for conferences, seminars and classroom instruction.

Designed by Ikon.5 Architects the architecture of the Wellness Center is itself a metaphor--"a metaphor for wellness that reflects the philosophical underpinnings of the project," said Joe Tattoni, Design Principal.