Georgetown University has begun construction on its John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center, though a formal groundbreaking will take place next month. The $62 million project is a major priority of the university's $1.5 billion For Generations to Come fundraising campaign. Expected to be completed in August 2016, the four-story, 144,000-square-foot facility will include practice courts, locker rooms, team meeting rooms, lounge areas and coaches' offices for men's and women's basketball. The complex will also house locker rooms for four additional varsity sports, weight training and sports medicine rooms for all athletes, a Student-Athlete Academic and Leadership Center, team meeting facilities for all varsity programs and a new hall of fame. Bowie Gridley Architects of Washington, DC, is the architect of record and Populous of Kansas City, Mo., is the associate architect for the project. August 25, 2014
