This story originally appeared on star-telegram.com
By: Matthew Adams
Texas A&M’s board of regents approved a five-year, $6.6 billion capital plan that will inject an additional $24 million into the university’s downtown Fort Worth campus.
That money is earmarked for Texas A&M’s Law and Education Building, which is under construction and expected to be completed in summer 2026. The total cost of the building is $227.5 million, up from the previously reported $180 million. The university announced the finalized capital plan Aug. 28. Of the $6.6 billion total, $4.6 billion was previously approved. An additional $1.9 billion is being set aside for new construction projects slated to begin between 2026 and 2030. Up to $83 million was authorized for pre-construction projects.
More than half of the $1.9 billion approved for new capital projects will come from Revenue Financing System bonds and Permanent University Fund bonds. The rest, approximately $698 million, will come from state funding, gifts and grants, and “other local funds.” According to a recent rendering, Texas A&M’s Fort Worth campus could end up with as many as five buildings. In addition to the Law and Education Building, there is a proposed Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts Building, two Research and Innovation Buildings and what the university is calling its “Gateway Building,” which would serve as an entry point to the campus. There is no timeline set for construction on those, however, and none was mentioned specifically in the capital plan.
