The Columbus Municipal Airport has an agreement with Ivy Tech Community College —Columbus regarding the college’s new main campus building.
The city’s Board of Aviation Commissioners approved a request from Ivy Tech for the airport not to construct any buildings within 20 feet of the new building’s north side.
Previously, the school’s requested no-build area had also extended a little to the west of the building. However when this request was presented at the board’s Oct. 13 meeting, airport director Brian Payne expressed some concerns about the additional area and how the no-build restriction could affect rest of the Airpark campus.
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In February of 2020, Ivy Tech selected IwamotoScott Architecture of San Francisco to design its new main campus building in Columbus. A grant from Cummins Foundation Architecture Program will pay the architectural design fee for Ivy Tech’s new building.
The new main campus building at the Columbus AirPark will serve students in Bartholomew, Decatur, Jackson and Jennings counties. The $32 million, 79,800-square foot structure will replace the aging Poling Hall.
Combs said earlier this year that the project isn’t just a new main campus building, but actually a completely new campus for Ivy Tech — Columbus, with the new building becoming the entryway to the AirPark Columbus College Campus.
The architect of record for the project is CSO Architects, and the contractor is Pepper Construction. Both are based in Indianapolis.
More information on the building process can be viewed at the project’s website, ournewcampus.org.
Combs has said in the past that the college hopes for occupancy in the summer of 2022 and final completion in December of 2022.
Therese Copeland, executive director of resource development for the Columbus campus, previously said that the college plans to break ground on the new facility in late 2020 or early 2021.
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