YU Announces Plans to Build New Health Sciences Campus at the Herald Center

Yeshiva University will be establishing a new health sciences campus at the Herald Center in Midtown Manhattan’s Herald Square, the university announced last month.

Located at 1293 Broadway, between West 33rd and West 34th Street, the new facility will occupy 160,000 square feet of the 250,000-square-foot building. Of the 10 stories, YU will take floors five through nine in addition to parts of the mezzanine and lower levels.

YU will be leasing the space from JEMB Realty Corporation, replacing ASA College, which vacated the property earlier this year. In addition to YU, the building also houses an H&M, Bank of America, and a Verizon outlet.

The new campus will add to the list of YU’s latest advancements in healthcare education, joining other initiative programs such as the Katz School of Science and Health’s nursing program, and soon to be introduced, two computer science master’s programs. YU President Ari Berman told YUNews that this expansion is “an expression of our strategic growth as leaders in healthcare education, reflecting our global mission to improve lives and make a significant impact in the world.” 

Much of the project’s details remain unknown. When asked by The Commentator when YU is expected to begin inhabiting the space, Provost Selma Botman reported that the information has yet to be revealed. 

Both YU Director of Communications Hanan Eisenman and the dean of the Katz School of Science and Health, Paul Russo, declined to comment when asked for further details about the project.

In response to a Commentator inquiry on whether new faculty or staff would be hired for the new campus, Botman stated “Whenever we build out existing programs or create new ones, we always consider the instructional needs [of the program].” 

“Yeshiva considers what students want and what the market needs,” she added. “All our new programs are measured in this way.”

Berman told YUNews that YU is looking forward to expanding its presence in Midtown, stating, “As a values-driven university, we look forward to YU becoming an even greater participant in the New York Midtown neighborhood and its community by bringing new energy to the area through student life, educational activities, and economic development.”

Photo Caption: The Herald Center in Herald Square

Photo Credit: Rikki Zagelbaum