“It is a happy occasion when we can look forward optimistically. “This has been a long time in the making,” he said. Rector Whitt Clement spoke about the important impact the Emmet-Ivy entrance corridor would have on the success and future of the University. This will be a bridge that makes the community stronger, bring worlds together in ways that are predictable and unpredictable.” “The hotel and conference center will play an important role as a place where people can gather and stay - prospective students and their parents data scientists, faculty from the Law School can meet there with members of the Medical School faculty.
“This will be a crossroads for the University – and the University’s front door,” he said. He said the parcel will link Central Grounds and the North Grounds. He noted the School of Data Science building being erected behind him, and also the proposed building for the Karsh Institute of Democracy and a performing arts center that will begin taking shape over the next several years. Ryan also spoke about the impact the hotel and conference center would have on the University and the local community. “We’ve partnered with a number of design firms, contractors and consultants to ensure the hotel is well-designed and built,” Sheehy said, “and that it creates a welcoming and inclusive place where the UVA community, local residents and visitors can gather and interact.” Jennifer “J.J.” Wagner Davis, the University’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, hosted the ceremony, introducing the speakers to the 150 attendees.Ĭolette Sheehy, the senior vice president for operations and state government relations, highlighted the keys points of the hotel and conference center and cited the partners who had made the project possible, including several University departments, the UVA Foundation and the contractors. Once completed, both the hotel and conference center and the School of Data Science will anchor the nearly 15-acre parcel that will serve as a central point to University Grounds, as well as an entrance corridor for visitors to the University. University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and several University and University of Virginia Foundation officials ceremonially broke ground Thursday for a $130.5 million hotel and conference center to be built in UVA’s Emmet-Ivy entrance corridor.
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