New weight room to be a multiple-story addition connecting Schembechler Hall and the Ooosterbaan practice facilities

Anyone know how they are finding the space for this given the close proximity and connectedness of all the buildings? Thrilled that UM is finally updating the weight room (long overdue) but a little disappointed Oosterbaan isn't coming down. Place is ugly. Wonder if they plan on touching anything else inside Schembechler during this renovation in terms of player lounges, meeting rooms, hyrdotherapy and training areas, and the dated ramps that get you from the first to the second floor.

https://michigan.rivals.com/news/michigan-football-warde-manuel-on-new-weight-room-night-games-more

Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel touched on a number of issues in his sit-down with the media Aug. 23. One of the topics – a proposed new weight room in Schembechler Hall.

Sources have told TheWolverine.com it will be a multiple-story addition connecting Schembechler Hall and the Ooosterbaan practice facilities.

“We should get some more refined cost estimates by the end of this month, which would be sometime next week … if not, the following week,” Manuel said. “We’ll get drawings and be able to know exactly what costs are, where we are, where we need to be from a development standpoint and fundraising. They’re working diligently, the architects, on getting that.”

They could start working on that as soon as spring, he added.

“[That’s] probable depending on the cost. I think that’s the earliest it would be to start to put things in motion … next spring,” Manuel said. “As part of this project, the Oosterbaan roof needs to be replaced. Weather conditions, obviously, would not let us get started until spring … how it ties into the roof, all those things, and the building itself, we just need to figure that out.”