WORK BEGINS AT DEVRY CAMPUS SITE.Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Daily News Staff Writer Nearly three years after announcing it was coming to the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , DeVry Institute of Technology has broken ground on a new campus in West Hills. Chicago-based DeVry Inc. is building its facility on a 20-acre site, near the intersection of Roscoe Boulevard and Fallbrook Avenue, that for years was home to Hughes Aircraft Hughes Aircraft Company was a major aerospace and defense company founded by Howard Hughes. The group was based near Ballona Creek, in Culver City, California, USA, on the Pacific Coast. Hughes Aircraft was acquired by General Motors in 1985. Co. A Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. architectural firm An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. , Langdon Wilson, has designed a two-story, 110,000-square-foot building with 30 classrooms, a library and electronics laboratories with more than 340 computer workstations. This will be DeVry's 17th campus in the nation. Company officials initially hoped the campus would be open to students in 1998, but getting the necessary permits and other approval from the city of Los Angeles
``We knew it was going to take awhile a·while adv. For a short time. Usage Note: Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. . . . but the process was rather lengthy,'' he said. DeVry has campuses in Long Beach and Pomona, and demographics of the Valley and surrounding communities indicate there is potential support for the one to be built, Rutkowski said. DeVry offers bachelor's degree programs in computer information systems, business administration, electronics engineering and other technical disciplines. Kajima Construction Services of Los Angeles is building the institute, with completion scheduled by autumn. As many as 100 people a day could be working at the site on the $10 million project. DeVry plans to start holding classes in the fall and eventually have about 70 faculty members and 3,000 students. CAPTION(S): Map MAP: Site of DeVry Institute of Technology |
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