page_title: Saint Mary's University (Halifax)
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: Saint Mary's University (Halifax) / Campus
caption_attribution_description: English: View of the Loyola Residence Building from the Huskies Stadium
context_page_description: Saint Mary's University is a public university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The school is best known for having nationally leading programs in business and chemistry, as well as one of the best Canadian women's basketball programs. The campus is situated in Halifax's South End and covers approximately 80 acres.
context_section_description: The Saint Mary's 80-acre (32 hectare) campus is located in the south end, not far from Downtown Halifax and just down the road from Dalhousie University. Major buildings include:
  McNally Building (1951)
  Burke Building (1965)
  Alumni Arena (1965)
  O'Donnell-Hennessey Student Centre (1967-69)
  Science Building (1968)
  Rice Residence (1968)
  Vanier Residence (1968)
  Huskies Stadium (1969)
  Loyola Complex (1971)
  Patrick Power Library (1976)
  The Tower (1987) – merged into Homburg Centre
  Sobey Building (1997)
  The Atrium (2009)
  Homburg Centre (2012)
  960 Tower Road (2013)
  The Dauphinee Centre (2019)
  Over the past decade many of the older buildings on campus have been substantially renovated. In March 2005, Saint Mary’s started the “Science Building Renewal Project” which was estimated to cost $100 million. This project is part of the larger project the “University’s Strategic Directions and Academic Plan” which was developed in consultation with students, faculty and local citizens in order to meet both the needs of the university and local community over the next decade. The project focused on modernising and expanding the science faculty's resources, generally renewing the architectural, mechanical and electrical infrastructures of the Science Building, providing additional office and research space to faculty members, improving lab layout, and integrating with future campus developments.
  The university completed construction of the Atrium and Global Commons project in late 2009. The three-storey $17.5 million complex links the Science Centre, the Burke Building and the Patrick Power Library. The space features a common area, theatre style classrooms, offices and study spaces. The project also features advanced green environmental technologies, has fully integrated hard and Wi-Fi systems, a food outlet and a three-storey green wall.
  The 62-year-old McNally Building recently underwent a $27 million renewal thanks in large part to the Canadian governments Infrastructure Renewal Programme. Estimated to be completed by March 2011, most of the interior of the four floor, four wing complex is being rebuilt.
  Construction of the new Homburg Centre for Health and Wellness began in October 2010. This complex, an extension of the Tower fitness centre, houses new space for community health and wellness activities and is the new home for the Centre for the Study of Sport and Health. The $8 million project was funded by a donation from real estate developer and manager Richard Homburg and the University's capital campaign. It opened in 2012.
  960 Tower Road, a three-storey, 28,000 square foot building, opened in 2013. It is home to the English as a second language program as well as the Sobey School Business Development Centre, which moved back to campus from a downtown location. The university stirred controversy when it demolished the former Halifax Infants’ Home in 2014.
  SMU is currently constructing a new $14.8 million ice arena on the site of the 54 year old Alumni Arena. Made possible through generous donations from the estate of the late alumni Bob Dauphinee and SMU parents Glen and Nancy Holmes. The Dauphinee Centre will be connected to the Homburg Centre for Health and Wellness, by a pedway and will feature an NHL regulation ice surface, heated viewing gallery and capacity of 1200 fans. The Dauphinee Centre is slated to open for the 2019-2020 AUS hockey season.
  The university is presently planning a new $30-million, 42,700-square-foot project at the southern edge of the campus. Dubbed the Entrepreneurship Discovery and Innovation Hub, the building will be integrated with the Loyola Complex and the Sobey Building. University administration anticipate completion of the building by 2018.
caption: Loyola Residence
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