UConn’s board of trustees is scheduled to vote next week to approve necessary documents to move its West Hartford campus to downtown Hartford, the school said.
Assuming trustees approve the deal, the campus could be ready for classes as early as fall 2017, Uconn said. It would be able to accommodate approximately 2,300 students and 250 faculty members.
Construction would begin as soon as late 2015.
UConn previously announced that it had selected the former Hartford Times building on Prospect Street as the location for its downtown campus. Front Street developer HB Nitkin has development rights to the site and would be constructing the campus.
UConn Spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said Thursday that UConn intends to redevelop the Times property into a 140,000-square-foot campus, as well as 20,000-square-feet of retail space.
UConn officials are also in talks with the Hartford Public Library, Wadsworth Atheneum, Connecticut Science Center and Connecticut Convention Center to hold some classes at the nearby venues.
UConn officials did not yet have an architectural rendering, but expect to by the June 3 meeting, Reitz said.
