BY BEN BRACHFELD
St. Francis College will
relocate its campus next
year to a new, slightly
smaller space a few blocks
away from its current campus,
the school announced
on Monday.
The college will occupy
the fi fth, sixth, and seventh
fl oor of the Wheeler Building
at 181 Livingston St.,
above the Fulton Street Macy’s
department store, starting
in the 2022-23 academic
year. The 10-story Wheeler
is owned by the real estate
fi rm Tishman Speyer.
Offi cials say the
255,000-square-foot space
will include a 6,600-squarefoot
library, a 300 seat auditorium,
a cafeteria, two art
gallery spaces, and plenty of
outdoor space, with a terrace
and rooftop.
The 162-year-old college,
affi liated with the Catholic
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Franciscan order, had a
student body of around 2,700
students during the 2020-21
academic year, and it plans
to expand its headcount to
3,500 by 2026.
It counts alumni such as
Saturday Night Live comedian
Pete Davidson and former
Long Island Congressmember
Peter King, among
others.
“For more than 160 years,
St. Francis College has demonstrated
a commitment to
providing an unmatched private
education in the heart of
New York City,” said Miguel
Martinez-Saenz, president of
St. Francis, in a statement.
“This is a historic moment to
completely re-envision our
campus and meet the needs
of our community, and we
are thrilled to continue offering
a fi rst-rate, affordable
education in a modern, fl exible
and welcoming learning
space.”
The new space will be considered
a downsize for the
school, at home at 180 Remsen
St. in Brooklyn Heights
since 1963.
St. Francis previously
had 272,000 square feet of
space on Remsen Street, but
a spokesperson for the school
said that the difference lies
in the new space being “purpose
built” and designed
specifi cally to be a campus,
while the old building was
not designed as such.
“In terms of square feet,
it actually is smaller,” the
rep said. “But the old campus
was not built to be a college
campus. So this space
will be much more functional
and much more fl exible,
better suited to the college’s
needs.”
A rendering of the new St. Francis campus in Downtown Brooklyn.
St. Francis College
‘Re-envisioning’
St. Francis College to relocate to new
Downtown Brooklyn campus next year
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