"Construction has just about wrapped up at 525 12th St. in downtown Oakland, the new home of Samuel Merritt University, Oakland's 116-year-old health sciences university. In a few weeks, movers will load 315 truckloads of furniture, academic papers, hospital mannequins and other clinical equipment, and drive a little more than a mile from Pill Hill to the university's new campus, slated to officially open on Jan. 5, said President Ching-Hua Wang."
"At a time when Oakland's higher education landscape is shrinking - Holy Names University shuttered in 2023, Mills College faced declining enrollment and financial struggles before it became a satellite campus of Northeastern University, and the Peralta Community College District is considering a merger of its two Oakland campuses - the investment from SMU stands out. It's also a sign that the healthcare education sector remains strong."
Construction at 525 12th St. in downtown Oakland is complete and Samuel Merritt University will move its campus roughly a mile from Pill Hill, with 315 truckloads of equipment and an official opening on Jan. 5. The new campus will bring 2,000 students and 500 faculty and staff to the city center after outgrowing Sutter Health–leased facilities. The 10-story, 250,000-square-foot building includes 41,000 square feet of simulation space for clinical training. University leaders aim to grow enrollment to 4,000. The move is expected to help revitalize downtown amid a contracting local higher education landscape and strong healthcare job demand.
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