NORTH SHORE REAL ESTATE WEEKLY
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An artist's impression of the giant $8.3 million campus to be erected at
the Lynnmour site of Capilano College. Expected completion date is
the fall of next year.

College breaks ground
on $8.3 niflllon compus

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North Shore Mayors, College for the region."
representatives and architect
The new building, welcomed
Ron Howard met in the pouring by Capilano College staff and
rain Tuesday to break the ground students currently cramped into
for a giant, $8.3 million multi- the limited space of the existing
purpose expansion of Capilano facility, will consist of five levels,
College.
including a 16,146 square foot
The ceremony took place at level devoted entirely to music.
the Lynnmour campus where the
According to Allan Smith,
105,000 square foot building will Director of Planning, the new
be erected by the fall of 1981.
campus is built to accommodate
"This new community an estimated 10 percent increase
college will providg instruction in the current 3,369 full time and
classrooms, labs, vocational 3000 part time students.
shops and offices and represent
"It will really be simply a
the terrific strides taken in needed expansion of existing
community education in the last course facilities," he said.
decade," Bill Little, Publicity
Director of Capilano College said.
Concordia Construction will
be managing the project
designed by the Vancouver architect, and up to 31 separate subcontractors are expected to work
on the site.
"It is the major
breakthrough we have been
waiting for", said Lalit
Srivastava, Chairman of the
College Board, "the building will
be a truly representative college