{"id":55283,"date":"2018-02-01T12:33:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T18:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=55283"},"modified":"2018-02-09T09:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T15:21:55","slug":"digging-begins-lubar-entrepreneurship-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/digging-begins-lubar-entrepreneurship-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging begins for Lubar Entrepreneurship Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

At long last, digging has begun for the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center.<\/p>\n

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With the help of heavy equipment, workers begin digging the frozen ground Thursday for the new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. The building, which will also house a new visitors center, is expected to open in 2019. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo\/Pete Amland)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though a formal groundbreaking is scheduled for later, work is now underway on the new building that will house the entrepreneurship center<\/a>, scheduled to open in 2019. The building, just south of the Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Center on Kenwood Boulevard, will also house a new visitors center.<\/p>\n

The new building was made possible by a lead gift of $10 million from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar to establish the center in 2015 to support entrepreneurship. When completed, the 24,000-square-foot facility will provide space for:<\/p>\n