La Salle University held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new School of Business on Sept. 16, 2014. The ceremony was held on the building site at the intersection of Chew Avenue, Wister Street, and Penn Boulevard, off of Olney Avenue in Northwest Philadelphia.
Last November, the University announced that it planned to construct a six-story, state-of-the-art facility to house its School of Business. The new building has been designed to include amenities and spaces that facilitate the collaborative learning, networking, and teamwork necessary in today’s business world.
In addition to the groundbreaking ceremony, University officials also announce that Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Fierko are making a $3 million gift to the new School of Business facility. Mr. Fierko, who is Vice Chair of La Salle’s Board of Trustees, is one of the five largest individual alumni donors in La Salle’s history and a 1963 La Salle School of Business alumnus.
The School of Business facility’s state-of-the-art amenities will include an atrium space for hosting networking and social events, a sales training laboratory and simulation facilities, a corporate-style boardroom, a 300-seat and technology-equipped breakout rooms that will reinforce interactions among students, faculty, and business executives.
The facility is scheduled to open for classes in January 2016. The project is being funded with $20 million from the University and $15 million in planned alumni donations. La Salle’s School of Business is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a designation held by less than 5 percent of business schools worldwide.