The former Ryan’s corporate office in Greer has been purchased by North Greenville University.
The 31,000-square-foot-building located at 405 Lancaster Ave. will house the university’s T. Walter Brashier Graduate School and College of Adult Professional Studies (CAPS).
The acquisition includes the office building and more than 10 acres of property, including a 1.4-acre parcel available for the school’s use for future development.
The facility will offer additional opportunities for university growth and will house several programs currently operating in other locations. The school is currently utilizing leased space from Fairview Baptist Church in Greer, a partnership that began in 2006. In addition to the physician assistant medicine program, North Greenville will continue its current graduate degree offerings in business, education, ministry and music education and its CAPS programs at the new facility.
The university’s CAPS recruitment team will also relocate to the Lancaster Avenue location from the Tim Brashier Center on Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville, as well as other support functions from the main campus in Tigerville.
“This new facility is an ideal addition to the North Greenville main campus,” said Dr. Randall Pannell, NGU’s interim president. “The building is not only in close proximity to our current graduate school, but also provides precisely the kind of space we need to continue our current graduate degree and online offerings and to carry out a high-quality, Christ-centered program in physician assistant medicine, set to begin in January 2017. We are delighted to solidify our presence in Greer.”
University officials say the graduate school will begin transitioning to the new facility at the beginning of summer and will be fully ramped up by the start of the Fall semester.
The university is making plans for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the fall.
