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Texas A&M-Fort Worth breaks ground downtown

Aggieland North is officially under construction.

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City and county leaders joined representatives from the TAMU System for the ceremonial groundbreaking on Wednesday, June 21.

The Texas A&M System broke ground on the new Texas A&M-Fort Worth campus this week.

The university is teaming up with the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, and corporate partners to construct the three-building campus downtown that will promote higher education and workforce development in North Texas.

The four-block site in the former Hell’s Half Acre will soon be home to the new law school, an engineering academy, a health science center, and a virtual reality institute, which was recently awarded $25 million in state funding.

During the groundbreaking ceremony, Chancellor John Sharp announced that Lockheed Martin is the first company to sign a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on courses, workforce training, and research with the school.

The eight-story Law and Education building, located between Calhoun and Jones Streets, will be the first to be built and is expected to open in 2025.

Texas A&M Campus will neighbor the convention center | Rendering courtesy of The Texas A&M System

Texas A&M Campus will neighbor the convention center | Rendering courtesy of The Texas A&M System

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