5 things to know about Sinclair’s big campus investments

This is an artist rendering of what the lobby of the new Health Sciences Center will look like. CONTRIBUTED

This is an artist rendering of what the lobby of the new Health Sciences Center will look like. CONTRIBUTED

Sinclair College has invested $150 million into its downtown Dayton campus in the last decade.

But the school is considering still more changes that seek to transform the look and character of the campus and better tie facilities, the streetscape and parking together.

Here’s some valuable things to know about the school.

1. Sinclair plans to invest $80 million to $90 million in the campus in the next three years. This includes the new, $31.5 million Health Sciences Center that’s under construction.

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2. Sinclair plans to reinvent the core of its campus to include more green space, assist students in navigating the campus and better connect with downtown. Improvements include realigning Fourth Street, constructing a new student services center and creating new park gateways, plazas and pedestrian pathways.

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3. The school says parking is a common source of frustration among students. Sinclair wants to add a net of 93 new spaces to bring the total number of slots in on-campus lots to 5,158. The school wants to add more “high-quality” spaces that put students closer to their classes.

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4. Sinclair says it wants to improved the student experience. The school serves 30,000 “unique” students each year, whose average age is 30 years old. The school also employs 3,200 employees.

5. Sinclair’s board of trustees approved spending $2.4 million for architectural and engineering designs to bring the master plan’s vision to life.

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