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A vision of the future
FIU seeks strategic growth to meet community needs: To continue to serve the ever-growing South Florida community,
FIU is looking at ways to expand its physical space and grow strategically. One option currently under consideration involves adding the
fairground land immediately adjacent to the Modesto A. Maidique Campus.
New location for the Fair:
Current
Tamiami Park and
fairgrounds map
A. 64 acres for
FIU potential
development
C
A
D
SW 107th Avenue
FIU is proposing a no-cost-to-the-county
relocation of the Miami-Dade County Fair
& Expo that will not affect Tamiami Park
nor its activities.
FIU has been meeting regularly for nearly five years with Miami-Dade
County and the Fair to help identify and secure a new location that respects
the legacy of the annual community event. More than 20 potential sites
have been identified, and FIU will cover the $45-50 million in anticipated
relocation costs.
B. 22 acres
remaining with
Tamiami Park/
fairgrounds
C. 26 acres returned
to the park for
development
D. improvements to
Tamiami Park
53K Students
48K Students
$0 $0
FIU will finance
the Fair’s move;
Miami-Dade
County funding
will not be used.
FIU will not raise
tuition to cover
the cost of
expansion.
•
classrooms, teaching and
technology labs, faculty and
staff offices
•
wet and dry research
laboratories
•
emphasis on facilities that
support and expand programs
in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics
(STEM)
•
expansion of research capacity
within the Herbert Wertheim
College of Medicine, the Nicole
Wertheim College of Nursing &
Health Sciences and the Robert
Stempel College of Public
Health & Social Work
(Academic Health Center)
*UCF
1,766 Acres
60K Students
* Includes all campuses
incubator, entrepreneurship
and data center
Boost local economy:
$
$1.8
billion
initial economic
impact
An independent consultant
estimates the FIU expansion
will have a recurring economic
benefit of $541 million a year
and create thousands of jobs. This
is in addition to the $8.9 billion
in annual impact FIU currently
provides to the local economy.
The proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Miami-Dade
County and FIU sets a deadline of March 2015 to select a site for the Fair
relocation. Other highlights of the MOU include:
SW 24 Street (Coral Way)
09/24/14
*USF
1,642 Acres
A win-win-win for the community:
B
No cost to
county and
students:
academic and research space
FIU has less than half the footprint of
any other Florida public university with
comparable enrollment.
*FIU
584 Acres
Proposed uses of 64 acres:
What the county could gain
• 320-acre Bird Basin for a passive park
•
innovation and
entrepreneurship space to
focus on community economic
development
•
university research incubator
•
data center to support
university research and
teaching technology
undergraduate student
housing facilities
•
approximately 2,000 beds
•
student meeting, study and
recreation space
What FIU could gain
• 64 acres currently occupied
the Fair following relocation
• 22 acres remaining with the county or by
(see “A” on map)
Fair/park for exposition space (see
• Opportunity for joint programming
“B” on map)
at Tamiami Park
• 26 acres of undeveloped land
adjacent to the Fair site would become • Support from the county in favor of
FIU’s expansion as a state legislative
available for park development
funding priority
(see “C” on map)
support space
•
student services
•
exercise, health, wellness
and recreational facilities for
students
•
food service facilities
•
administrative support and
meeting space
•
parking garages
•
pedestrian pathways and
green space
• $20 million from FIU, which the
county will use for Tamiami Park
improvements (see “D” on map)

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