Johnson & Wales University, has unveiled its plan to develop a new campus in downtown Charlotte, N.C. with classes to begin in fall 2004.
The University campus will be an anchor in Gateway Village, a mixed-use urban development with a range of commercial and residential buildings located at the western entrance to the city’s center.
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“Johnson & Wales is an established yet growing career educator and our decision to establish a full campus in Charlotte is a significant and strategic move,” said University President John A. Yena. “Charlotte is a growing, progressive city that meets all of our fundamental criteria for a ‘best fit’ campus. It’s in a region with a strong market of students to recruit. It’s a market with a wide range of major employers in key industries that we serve. And, it’s a market with a prime urban location to house a unified campus not to mention extremely committed business and civic leaders who’ve reached out and embraced us.”
Johnson & Wales’ Charlotte campus will offer associate and bachelor’s degree programs from its three colleges — Business, Culinary Arts and Hospitality.
The University foresees a total investment of $82 million to develop the new campus in Gateway Village.
The campus will include new residence and academic facilities, including new culinary arts instruction labs, classrooms, administrative offices, and practicum facilities in which students receive hands-on training in areas ranging from retail store management to hospitality and food service. In 2004, the University plans to start classes with an enrollment of 825 students, with enrollment growing to more than 2,800 by 2007. Employment at the Charlotte campus is projected to reach 250 staff and faculty by 2007.
Johnson & Wales plans to consolidate its southeastern U.S. presence in Charlotte, moving its smaller Charleston, S.C., and Norfolk, Va. campuses, to Charlotte by 2006.
