The Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (LIM), the College for the Business of Fashion, has expanded its campus with a fourth location at 545 Fifth Avenue. LIM signed a 15-year lease for a 30,000 square-foot addition that is now the College's largest location and increases LIM's total campus to 80,000 square feet in midtown Manhattan.

The College occupies the entire seventh floor of two buildings, which have been connected to span an entire city block along Fifth Avenue from 44th to 45th Streets. The main entrance is on 45th Street. The facility is opening just in time for the beginning of LIM's Fall 2006 semester, for which the College is expecting enrollment to increase to approximately 1000 students from the current level of almost 800.
 
Says LIM President Elizabeth S. Marcuse, "This is a major milestone in an incredible period of planned strategic growth at LIM. In order for us to continue to provide the fashion industry with the highly-educated and immediately employable graduates it needs, we know we must expand our programs and facilities to respond to industry demand. We are proud to offer our growing student body a centrally located, urban campus environment in the heart of the world's most exciting city."

A team of architects and engineers led by Butler Rogers Baskett, Architects and Gardiner & Theobald, Project Managers, have created a state-of-the-art environment for working and learning. In keeping with the philosophy behind LIM's current locations, the new facility houses a blend of classrooms, studios, computer labs, student and faculty lounges, and offices for administration and student and academic affairs.

The LIM campus also includes the College's flagship location in an historic townhouse building at 12 East 53rd Street, space at 226 East 54th Street, and a facility at 216 East 45th Street that opened in 2004.

All four locations place students just steps away from New York's premiere shopping districts, top retailers, Seventh ("Fashion") Avenue and the headquarters of the world's top fashion, cosmetics, textile, advertising and publishing companies.

Says Marcuse, "LIM's location in midtown Manhattan is integral to the fulfillment of our educational mission. We are here to provide students who seek careers in the business side of the fashion industry with a solid academic and experiential background through high quality in-class instruction and hands-on experience out in the field." 

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Meredith Finnin 212.752.1530 ext. 250 mfinnin@limcollege.edu