The University of Michigan is constructing the Palmer Drive Development, a complex of buildings including the existing Power Center for the Performing Arts, the Central Power Plant, and the Fletcher Street parking structure. Demolition of the North University Building and Plant Services Building will create space for the new buildings, the Life Sciences Institute Building and the Commons Building.
Also included in the development are the Walgreen Drama Center, housing the 450-seat Arthur Miller Theater and a 175-seat student repertory theatre, and the four-story Undergraduate Science Instruction Center Building, to be located on top of the $24-million, 1000-car Palmer Drive Parking Structure. All the buildings in the development will be connected by a new pedestrian walkway system. The Palmer Drive Development design team, consisting of Venturi, Scott, Brown & Associates, Desman Associates, and Cummins & Barnard, is led by Smith Group. Barton Malow Company is the builder.
