BOONE, N.C. – When officials of Appalachian State University (ASU) last year began exploring ways to use private funding to help underwrite the cost of a new academic building for their growing College of Health Sciences and Allied Professions, they considered student housing, retail and commercial offices.
But it now appears that the public-private partnership will be driven by a third-party MOB.
The College of Health Sciences, established in July 2010, has grown to include 16 academic programs, 124 faculty and 3,300 students, ASU officials say. But the college’s programs – now representing 20 percent of ASU’s total enrollment – are scattered across seven locations on the main campus.
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