Groundbreaking occurred on October 8 for a $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. The 300,000-square-foot facility at 901 Madison Ave. received $311 million in state funding and aims to increase the medical school class size from 175 to 250 students while doubling the physician assistant program enrollment.[1]
Data Center Permit Filed
On October 6, a $575 million permit was filed for the next phase of converting the former Fred's headquarters on Getwell Road into a data center. The project covers roughly half of the 1.1 million-square-foot building and is projected to create over 250 jobs.[2]
These initiatives represent significant non-road construction activity meeting the value threshold. The medical building supports expanded training for health professionals, while the data center conversion directly ties to employment opportunities in the tech sector.
Construction on the UTHSC project is slated to begin in fall 2026. The data center work follows the permit filing as part of ongoing redevelopment efforts.
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