The eighteen month construction project to renovate Garrett Hall will result in the permanent home of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. The historic Garrett Hall was constructed in 1909 as the University’s refractory, and later converted to offices in 1959. New construction will preserve the historic great hall as a multi-purpose work and gathering space, restore the original two-story lobby, provide administrative and faculty offices, and student work rooms and offices. The historic building will receive new HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire suppression, and tel/data systems. The flat roofs of the 1970 annex, on the east side of Garrett Hall, will receive vegetated roof systems.

Construction is currently scheduled for completion in June 2011.