Demolition work will begin this week on Valparaiso University’s former union building, adjacent to the Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources.

The union opened in 1955 serving a student body of 2,600. The new 207,000 square-foot Harre Union opened in 2009.

The teardown will make way for a new academic building that will house classrooms and faculty offices. University leaders hope to have the old union razed by the beginning of the fall semester.

Posted 7/7/2010