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Special Report - Real Estate & Construction - September 27, 2012
Whitworth builds $8 million facility for fitness programs
Larger recreation center to ease scheduling woes for intramural activities

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

The 32,000-square-foot student fitness and recreation center is being built on the north edge of the campus, east of Whitworth's tennis courts. The facility is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2013. Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the contractor.
The 32,000-square-foot student fitness and recreation center is being built on the north edge of the campus, east of Whitworth's tennis courts. The facility is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2013. Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the contractor.
—Rendering courtesy of NAC|Architecture
Whitworth University has started work on a new 32,000-square-foot student fitness and recreation center.

The building, which will be open to all Whitworth students, faculty, and staff, is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2013, says Andrea Idso, a spokeswoman for the university.

Vandervert Construction Inc., of Spokane, is the contractor on the $8 million project, and Spokane-based NAC|Architecture designed it.

The recreation center will be locate...


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