Texas A&M University (TAMU) at College Station and Prairie View A&M University will spend $250 million to build the West Campus Learning Commons and a new residence hall. The TAMU System Board of Regents has officially moved both projects into the design phase, with construction estimated to begin in 2026.
The 112,193-square-foot West Campus Learning Commons project will cost $130 million to build, taking up a majority stake between the two approved initiatives. Located on the College Station Campus, the site will be located in a parking lot near new campus facilities.
The completed facility will provide approximately 1,400 classroom seats, typically divided into spaces with 49 to 96 seats across 19 classrooms. These spaces will be designed to support lecture delivery, active learning and a hybrid of the two.
Large instructional spaces will include a medium teaching arena, an egg classroom, five active learning studios, a tiered collaboration classroom and a group dynamics space. Small instructional spaces will enable the university to decommission existing, underperforming classrooms to prioritize flexible teaching spaces that can seat a maximum of 32 students.
Plans include incorporating a faculty resource center in the facility’s layout to provide small meeting rooms, touchdown workspace and a locker area. Though faculty won’t benefit from permanent office space, University Audiovisual Services will have their own dedicated office sweet to manage building operations.
The university will include student spaces dedicated to collaboration and study spread throughout the entire building and an Academic Support Center. The support center will provide a hub for academic success, the Writing Center and the Math Learning Center.
Prairie View A&M University will spend $120 million to build a new residence hall to supplement on-campus housing needs. The facility will cover approximately 226,000 square feet, located on the northeast quadrant of campus. The building will contain roughly 950 beds and offer community lounges, study spaces, multipurpose rooms and a faculty-in-residence unit.
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