Lone Star College System trustees received updates on several projects associated with the college system’s $485 million bond approved by voters in 2014.

The details

LSCS Chancellor Mario Castillo provided trustees with the overview during the board’s Dec. 4 meeting.

Castillo said the college system is planning a Jan. 13 opening of the roughly $34 million Magnolia Center, which will serve as a satellite campus for LSC-Tomball.

Once completed, Castillo said college system officials will move on to the roughly $10.5 million expansion of the LSC Victory Center.

A closer look

As previously reported by Community Impact, the Magnolia Center, which will be located at 1280 Escondido Drive in Magnolia, will:

• Measure about 51,900 square feet
• Offer academic transfer courses; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning programs; and emergency medical services professions programs
• Include seven classrooms, seven labs and five computer classrooms
• House amenities such as a library, testing center and a meeting space that can be reserved by community members

As previously reported by Community Impact, the Victory Center, which will be located at 4141 Victory Drive, Houston, will:

• Include more classrooms, a biology lab and a fitness center
• Measure roughly 20,000 square feet

During the meeting, Castillo lauded the crew involved with the construction of the Magnolia Center.

“I'm happy to say that that is going to open up right on time,” Castillo said. “For a construction project of that magnitude, I want to commend everyone that was involved.”

What’s next

While LCS officials couldn't provide a timeline for the LSC Victory Center by press time, Castillo said it was the last building that would be constructed that was funded through the 2014 bond.

"I think the very last building under the [2014 bond] is the expansion at Victory, which will follow," Castillo said.