Construction crews have begun preparing the site of the Welcome Centre, on the north-east corner of Patricia and Wyandotte streets, for the building’s foundation.

The team of Amico Design Build and Hariri Pontarini Architects/Architecttura Inc. Architects are undertaking the project of creating a gateway to the campus. The 18,000 square foot, two-storey building is slated to open in summer 2015, and will house the offices of Student Recruitment, Alumni Affairs and Donor Communications, the University Campaign, Public Affairs and Communications, and Alumni and Donor Records.

Green space will surround the centre, which will occupy space that had held the former drama building and the visitor parking lot D. Find architectural renderings of the new building on the project website, www.uwindsor.ca/welcome-centre.