The University of Missouri-Kansas City has announced and begun construction on major improvements to its physical facilities to meet key strategic goals.

Jump to each project:

• Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building
• Atterbury Student Success Center
• Olson Performing Arts Center
• UMKC Administrative Center

Projects currently under construction include:

• The 160,000 square foot Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building project at 25^th and Charlotte streets, the largest capital improvement project in UMKC history.
• Elevating services that support prospective and current students at the Atterbury Student Success Center.
• The 35,000-square-foot addition to the UMKC Conservatory's Olson Performing Arts Center broke ground on Sept. 24. The project will add performance and rehearsal spaces on the east side of building that will stretch toward Volker Boulevard.
• The UMKC Administrative Center is under renovations, transforming the entryway and first floor into a welcoming front door to the community that celebrates our university, alumni and donors.
  

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Healthcare Delivery and Innovation Building

• The final beam was placed on September 17, 2025. The university celebrated this construction milestone by inviting elected officials, university leadership and students, faculty and staff to sign the beam before it was placed in the new building.
  
• Construction continues to progress throughout the facility, with drywall finishing and painting underway alongside ongoing mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire-protection work. Crews are installing ceiling systems, casework and countertops, while exterior work includes east-side stone installation, metal soffit panels and continued north-side site improvements, including stair construction.

• The building is expected to open in 2027.
• The campus surface parking lot at 25th and Charlotte streets closed. Student permit parking is no longer allowed in lot 68, located south of 25th along Charlotte Street. Health Sciences Campus map and Shuttle (PDF).
• Faculty, staff and students can park in the seven-floor Hospital Hill Parking Garage 28 on the southeast corner of 24th and Charlotte streets, just north of the construction site/former lot, or in a surface lot 67 to the east at 25th and Campbell streets. Student parking in the garage is available on floors four through seven.
• Parking for UMKC School of Dentistry clinic patients as well as metered spots for other UMKC Health Sciences District visitors has been moved to surface lot 68.
• UMKC IDs are required to scan in and out of the parking garage.  

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Atterbury Student Success Center

• In May 2025, renovations began at Atterbury Student Success Center. The grand reopening will take place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
• The renovated space will be home to Admissions, the UMKC School of Graduate Studies, the Center for Transfer Students and Adult Learners, Roo Advising, Career Services, University College and International Student and Scholar Services. It will also include an inviting Welcome Center with a two-story atrium to host prospective students and their families.
• UMKC’s robust Career Services programming will expand to add a Style Studio, giving students a place to browse and try on professional clothing options as well as take headshots for interviews.
• UMKC Central, a one-stop shop for students, and the Financial Wellness Center, are both moving from their current location at the Administrative Center to the newly renovated space as well.
• Open to students in Atterbury Student Success Center:
  • Now — UMKC Central, UMKC Career Services and Roo Advising
  • Monday, Sept. 28 — Admissions
  • Monday, Sept. 28 — Financial Wellness
  • Monday, Oct. 5 — University College
  • Monday, Oct. 5 — UMKC School of Graduate Studies
  • Monday, Oct. 5 — International Student and Scholar Services

Olson Performing Arts Center

• UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal shared this project during the 2025 State of the University. A groundbreaking celebration took place on Sept. 23.
• The new space will increase performance, classroom and collaboration opportunities for students and the Kansas City community.

• The first phase of construction is estimated at $35 million. It includes a new addition with a large music ensemble performance and rehearsal space, two dance rehearsal rooms and support spaces for the dance program, and a new accessible black box performance space. The black box space would be available for use by all three programs. The addition of the black box space will create a “theatre district” complementing White Recital Hall, Spencer Theatre and the McIlrath Lobby. 
• The second phase involves the renovation of current facilities, including White Recital Hall. Renovations will increase classroom and theatre spaces and create a central hub for student resources and collaboration. Facility renovations will allow the spaces to be used in flexible ways, creating more opportunities for special events and performances.

UMKC Administrative Center

• Construction on the front exterior and first floor of the UMKC Administrative Center began early June and is expected to be complete in winter 2027. The project will improve accessibility by removing stairs in the entryway and lobby and adding additional accessible parking spaces.

• The first floor will be remodeled, including a refreshed lobby and new reception desk. UMKC Central will relocate to newly renovated space in the Atterbury Student Success Center. Its former location in the Administrative Center will be converted into an alumni reception area and office suite for UMKC Foundation.

• During construction, parking will remain available behind the building on the east side, in the north lot and in the parking garage. Four accessible spaces in the east lot and one space near the south entry will remain open. The east entrance and central elevator and stairs between the second and third floors, as well as the north and south elevators and stairwells, will remain accessible.
• The following areas will be closed for the duration of the project: parking in the west circle, the first‑floor west entry and the central elevator and stairs between the first and second floors.
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