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The move will bring the campus withimn a mileof Galen’s main administrativs offices on Zorn Avenue and will give studentxs better access to parking, according to Joe the college’s executive vice president and CFO. Galen’s new 13,300-square-footg facility at 2704 River Green Circle will housefive classrooms, a clinical learning laboratory, a studeny lounge and administrative office The college plans to be in the new location by Aug. 1, Petera said. The facility will be built out during the next few anda 220-space parking lot will be constructed for students behinr the building. Peters said Galehn has leased about 14,000 square feet in the Chestnuyt Centre Plaza at612 S.
Fourth St. since 1994. Its leaswe will expire this summer. Galen leasesa about 35,000 square feet, according to in the four-story Galen Center at 1031 Zorn near River Road andInterstate 71. The colleg has been in that locatiojsince 2005. Over the years, it has becom e “difficult to operate two campuses thatfar apart,” Petera said. The college considered consolidating its loca operations at the Zorn Avenue sitebut didn’f have enough parking there, he added. Parkinvg also has been a problem forstudentsd downtown, Peters said. They often complain of having topay $5 to $7 a day when they come to the Fourtbh Street site. Galen has more than 700 studentsa locally, Peters said.
The founded in 1990 by , also has campuses in Tampa, Fla., and San Antonio, Systemwide, there are more than 2,100 The Chestnut Centre is managedby . Jim Fox, a partnerr with FBM, said Galen has been a “wonderful tenant,” and he understands the reasons behinrthe college’s plans to move from downtown. Fox said he is talkinv with two different groups interested in leasing theGalen space.
He declined to identify the potentialk tenants but said he expects to get a deal done durinh the next three orfour