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UM Gets FAA Approval For 310-Foot Health District Tower

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The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the height of an upcoming tower planned by the University of Miami.

The new tower is approved at a height of 306 feet above ground, or 310 feet above sea level, according to the February 1 approval letter.

The project site is listed as 1099 NW 14th Street.

UM is planning to build Project Ignite on the site, which will allow the Miller School of Medicine to consolidate teaching facilities from 17 facilities into one. The building is expected to cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

UM Health Tower

 

 

Source:  The Next Miami

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University Of Miami Seeks Land Deal For New Medical Education Building

Aerial view of UHealth Tower Hospital with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in the foreground87 760x320

The University of Miami is seeking to acquire land from Miami-Dade County in order to build a medical education building for the Miller School of Medicine.

The nonprofit university wants to purchase 36,410 square feet at 1115 N.W. 14th St. from the county. The land is currently utilized by the Public Health Trust as part of the Jackson Memorial Hospital campus. UM would pay the county $6.21 million, a value based on several third-party appraisals.

UM already has a land lease on the site.

The county’s Community Health Committee was scheduled to vote on the deal on Sept. 11. The County Commission would vote on it on Oct. 3, with a two-thirds approval required.

 

Source:  SFBJ

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University Of Miami Breaks Ground On 12-Story Cancer Center

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Transformational Cancer Research Building

A groundbreaking ceremony was held by the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine on June 2 for a 244,000-square-foot Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Transformational Cancer Research Building.

HOK is the architect.

 

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