(WI) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – The headquarters for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s new School of Freshwater Sciences would cost an estimated $50 million to develop at the university’s Great Lakes WATER Institute, according to a newly drafted proposal.
That estimate is part of a preliminary construction spending proposal that UWM officials will soon submit to the UW-System Board of Regents.
The proposal will undergo changes before it’s reviewed by the regents. The proposal to put the freshwater school at the institute, which overlooks the harbor at 600 E. Greenfield Ave., was termed a “place holder” by Tom Luljak, vice chancellor of university relations. More