Texas A&M Doubles Budget for the First Fort Worth Building

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved plans to expand the costs for the first building, the Law & Education Building, from $85 million to $150 million. “The reason for the increase in budget is because we have had so much more interest in being in Fort Worth than we anticipated,” said Billy Hamilton, deputy chancellor of the board. 

Residents, students and leaders of industry and education are rallying behind the Texas A&M plans for Fort Worth, Mayor Mattie Parker said. “Texas A&M sees what we see, which is that Fort Worth is where the future begins, and now is the time to go big for the Texas A&M-Fort Worth urban research campus,” she said in a statement.