Tampa, FL (May 10, 2006) – Parking may be a crux for nearly every college campus on the planet but the pinch felt at USF will be eased a bit come next fall.

A six-story garage under construction will provide about 1,500 spaces for USF Health faculty, staff and students, as well as for patients of the soon-to-be-built Centers for Advanced Healthcare - North, said Rick Green, chief operating officer for the Centers.

The parking garage site is a bit east of the intersection of Magnolia and Holly.

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USF Health is the University of South Florida's enterprise of researchers, teachers and clinicians dedicated to improving the full continuum of health. Its core is the colleges of Public Health, Nursing and Medicine, including a School of Physical Therapy, as well as the healthcare delivered by its 450 physicians and more than 100 nurse practitioners. In partnership with its affiliated hospitals, USF Health's research funding last year was $134 million -- more than half of which came from federal sources. Last year, USF health clinicians cared for more than 31,000 patients and oversaw 396,000 outpatient visits.