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A PUBLIC–PRIVATE INVESTMENT STRATEGY <br />The Old Heat Building stands at a defi ning moment between preservation and progress. Once a utilitarian engine that powered campus <br />infrastructure, it now presents an extraordinary opportunity to power something far more enduring: innovation, entrepreneurship, <br />workforce development, and community connection. Its historic masonry, industrial scale, and architectural authenticity give it gravitas. <br />Its next chapter gives it purpose. <br />The University will own the building. It will steward the asset, guide its long-term mission, and ensure that programming aligns with <br />institutional priorities, academic partnerships, and regional economic development goals. Yet the transformation of the Old Heat <br />Building cannot rely solely on University capital resources. Its rebirth requires a carefully structured and deliberately sequenced capital <br />campaign—one that blends public infrastructure investment, corporate leadership, philanthropic partnership, and broad community <br />participation into a coordinated $10 million capital stack. <br />This is not simply a fundraising eff ort. It is a structured public–private investment strategy designed to align infrastructure fi nance, <br />corporate underwriting, philanthropic gifts, and grassroots engagement into a cohesive fi nancial architecture. <br />At the heart of the strategy is a recognition that the building’s renovation is modular and phased. The work begins with the warm <br />shell and life-safety systems that stabilize the structure and make it occupiable. From there, mezzanine build-outs, annex activation, <br />historic preservation elements, and exterior site improvements unfold in clearly defi ned scopes. That phasing is not only a construction <br />strategy—it is a fundraising advantage. Sponsors are not asked to fund abstractions; they are invited to complete tangible, visible, <br />named spaces that permanently link their investment to the physical transformation of the building. <br />The Old Heat Building <br />A $10 Million Capital Stacking <br />Campaign