Venture Beat: Here’s a glimpse of Cornell’s new tech campus, the future of NY startup scene

Venture Beat features Cornell Tech’s campus on Roosevelt Island and the three buildings that make up phase 1.

In total the campus, which is roughly half a mile long, will be home to ten buildings, including academic buildings, two residencies, a hotel, a central utility plant, and mixed-use buildings that will include coworking spaces and studios. The stated purpose of the new tech campus is to integrate New York’s budding tech talent with major companies and tech innovators in an effort to bring the city’s tech scene to a rolling boil. So far, three buildings are in progress: the Bloomberg Center, the Bridge Building, and an unnamed residential building. The plot is being developed 8 or 9 feet above the island’s existing roadway to protect the campus against flooding.

Read the full article on Venture Beat.