The former industrial site, now closed, is expected to reopen in late 2019, but this time as a home for artists. Salisbury University has purchased the property at 217 Milford Street with its 12,000-square-foot shop, nearly 3,000-square-foot office building and 1.18 acres of land bordering campus from the Guzey Family Limited Partnership. It will become the new home for SU’s blossoming three-dimensional arts programs, including glass blowing, sculpture and ceramics. The facilities will be more than double the amount of space currently available at Fulton Hall.
The $525,000 purchase was made with non-State dollars. “This addition to campus makes sense on several levels,” said Marvin Pyles, interim vice president of administration and finance. “The fabrication shop was built for the kind of work that sculptors working in metal, wood, glass and ceramics do. The sellers have left metal and fabrication equipment that these arts programs will be able to use.
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Another one bites the dust and leaves Salisbury leaving untaxable empty space for the all so profitable "arts".
non state dollars? what a crock, just move the money around in their huge slush fund and pretend we the taxpayers aren't subsidizing this with our taxes. welfare for the liberals. su should be made to take every in state student who applies before accepting any out of state student. how my tax dollars are spent subsidizing these liberal aholes matters to me!
I didn't know they had shut down....
Shameful, how many businesses are gone from the SBY area!
Scourge of the democrat policies!
What a joke! Yeah, that will bring in a lot of tax revenue!!! Not!!!
LOL I know right 6:56. How dumbed down the masses have become to fall for the BS that is rammed down their throats. They will repeat too how it was purchased without state funds with a hint of embarrassment because they haven't a clue as to how dumb they are.
Everyone is poor except SU they seem to have an unlimited supply of money. They are building a city within a city.
Really??? You would rather it be an abandoned building than an art center... you people are idiots.. if not for SU how many old decrepit buildings and factories would be in this city???
Salisbury is Salisbury University, PGMC, and Perdue. That's it. And you can toot your horn all you want. The homeless and poor plus crime gets worse each day.
The Owner who used to own Shoreline Office supply, and the building it was in, is now, and has been for several years, waiting for Salisbury University to make him a "million dollar Offer' so he can get rid of the property.. Hopefully this sale price will wake him up.
Sort of like the Vatican, 8:13 AM?
We are going to be in trouble in a few years with this college bubble crap. It is a repeat of the housing bubble. If you look at the population charts and the baby boom cycle you can see this coming. You have colleges all over the place wanting to grow 10% a year. Put your seat belts on folks, we are in for another ride.
Wow Salisbury University keeps expanding what a surprise. President Janet keeps making a name for herself with no accountability.
When SU buys property with tax dollars it's only accessible by students and faculty not city and county citizens.
Now you have to ask yourselves, will Jake Day pay to have the building knocked down like the old Daily Times building for PRMC?
Most of SU's revenue stream comes from students/parents and not the state. The 3D Arts program needed more space and this purchase allows SU to enroll more students in these programs and remove potentially dangerous facilities (kilns, etc.) from the liberal arts building. The building will be renovated, not demolished.
9:05...you are absolutely correct.
Joe,
With all respect, the blurb said the facility was well suited for these art programs because it had been industrial space so that it will transition to 'messy' (my term) art space like ceramics, welding, glass blowing pretty readily.
The concern about declining taxable real estate is well founded. On the other hand, those employed there and studying there will pay taxes, buy supplies and food, etc. Not sure where the crossover point is on loss of one vs. gain of the others.
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