In an effort to provide updated space for research and academics while maintaining the integrity of the historic campus core buildings, WSU Facilities Services renovated Troy Hall.

Joseph Kline, vice president of facilities and services capital, said the building’s budget was $32.3 million. The project involved gutting and demolishing the building until only the walls remained, in order to preserve its history.

The original completion date for the 50,202-square-foot hall was February 2017. The building was set to open to the public by April 28. The department of chemistry and school of the environment will be moving into the hall during summer 2017.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the building will not be completed until May 28, Facilities Services construction manager Jason Harper said.

Lannigan said the opening date of the hall was pushed due to issues discovered during construction, like hazardous materials.

The classrooms open at the beginning of the fall 2017 semester, Lannigan said.

Once the building is open, the bottom floors will house teaching labs for chemistry and environmental science classes, and the upper floors will be for research by the chemistry department only, Harper said.

The research labs on the upper floors will be wet labs for the chemistry department, Lannigan said. He said the building will also have a walk-on basement level.

Lannigan said the upper floors will have an open concept and may be shelled, meaning there could be future build out from the top of the building. Departments are currently trying to figure out what will occupy the spaces, he said.

Harper said offices will inhabit the third floor on the north side, and the future build-out space will be located on south side of the building.

Since Troy Hall originally opened in December 1926, no major renovations have been made to the building. The hall was closed in 2010 while awaiting major remodels, according to a WSU news release.

Troy Hall was the original dairy building, according to a WSU news release. The hall was named after David S. Troy, a dairy farmer and a member of the WSU Board of Regents from 1910-16 who became a state representative and senator, according to the news release.

Troy Hall used to be home to Ferdinand’s Ice Cream and the WSU Creamery, according to the news release.

Editor’s note: This article and its headline have been revised to reflect that that the Troy Hall renovation project has not exceeded its $32 million budget.