Salve Regina University O'Hare Academic Center

Newport, RI

Salve Regina University sought an enlarged and modernized academic hall. The O'Hare Academic Center is the home to the Business, Nursing, Science, Math, and Social Work programs. It houses more than half of the class rooms on the University's coastal Newport campus. The University partnered with designer Stantec and RGB to deliver a design for the 70,000 square foot project consisting of two floors and a 22,000 square foot addition. The project is estimated $23 million construction project. The project design includes contemporary learning spaces, additional lab spaces, collaboration spaces, an expanded commons area, and identifiable spaces for the academic program departments.