From the Ground Up

Address: 1111 N. Glenstone

Owner/developer: Evangel University

General contractor: Gray General Contractors Inc.

Architect: Sapp Design Associates

Size: 28,000 square feet

Construction cost: $2.5 million

Financing: Fund-raising campaign

Estimated completion date: Early summer 1999

Description of project: The project will include two basketball courts, an indoor running track, two racquetball courts, an aerobics room, locker rooms and a mezzanine exercise area with professional fitness equipment. The Student Activities Center is located on the north end of the current gym, the J. Robert Ashcroft Activities Center.