Deal and Calvin C. Rhodes, executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority that is building the center on Augusta University’s Riverfront Campus, will be part of the groundbreaking at 2 p.m. at the site on Reynolds Street. Local elected officials and business leaders are also expected to attend.
Before the $60 million center was even completed, Deal announced a $35 million addition in November that will serve as an incubator and include lease space for private contractors supporting those working in the 165,000-square-foot facility. With the $12 million parking deck being contributed by the city of Augusta, total investment in the project is now at least $107 million. The first part is scheduled to open in July and the addition by December, Deal’s office noted in a news release.
AU President Brooks Keel has said the project is probably just the first phase of cyberprojects that will go on the nearly 17-acre site and will produce spin-offs and affiliated projects throughout the region in collaboration with the U.S. Army Cyber Command Army Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort Gordon.
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