$520M Vanderbilt West Palm Beach campus advances, backed by real estate money

Billionaire Steve Ross committed $50M to project last year.

Kate Hinsche
02.5.26

$520M Vanderbilt West Palm Beach campus advances, backed by real estate money

Steve Ross, Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and Cody Crowell with a rendering of the Vanderbilt West Palm Beach campus (Getty, Vanderbilt University).

Vanderbilt University is moving forward with its plans for a graduate campus in West Palm Beach, more than a year after scoring its first approvals for the project.

The Nashville-based university is preparing to break ground on the $520 million campus, which will offer graduate programs in business and technology, according to a press release. It is the culmination of a years-long effort by both Vanderbilt and West Palm Beach real estate heavyweights to bring the “Harvard of the South” to the aspiring Wall Street South. Billionaire Related Ross chairman Steve Ross committed $50 million to the campus in April. He’s also hosted fundraisers on behalf of the school and advocated publicly for the project.

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