On December 19, 2023 the University of South Carolina’s board gave the green light to a $300 million project that will bring a state-of-the-art, 320,000-square-foot research and academic building to Columbia’s BullStreet District. This innovative medical school campus, designed as a C-shaped limestone and glass structure surrounding a tree-lined quad, represents the first phase of USC’s visionary plan to establish a comprehensive health science campus between Harden Street and Page Ellington Park.
Set to welcome researchers and students in the fall semester of 2027, the new facility will replace USC’s current medical school at the Department of Veterans Affairs campus on Garners Ferry Road, where the university has operated since 1980. The decision to embark on this transformative project comes as the lease for the current facility is set to expire in 2030, prompting USC to move forward and address the evolving needs of medical education.
University President Michael Amiridis expressed his enthusiasm, calling the board’s approval a “historic decision” that propels USC toward the realization of a “transformational campus bringing all the health sciences together.”
The project is being developed, designed, and constructed by a collaborative team led by Gilbane Development Company. Together, longtime USC partner BOUDREAUX and national health education expert SLAM Collaborative are leading the architectural design. The general contractor is Gilbane Building Company.
