Brand spanking new $$$ Helen Woodward Animal Center administrative center ready to roll

Brand spanking new $$ Helen Woodward Animal Center administrative center ready to roll

World-renowned Helen Woodward Animal Center has a date with destiny this week as the first administrative employees are scheduled to begin moving into parts of the new multimillion dollar administration campus,  6402 El Apajo, at Fairbanks Ranch.

This completes phase one of the multimillion dollar project started five years ago to replace a 40-year-old facility never intended for the range of activities now hosted by the groundbreaking center.

The main administration building capacity expands from 24,000 to 80,000 square feet to include the adoption kennels and education programs. Woodward officials have not provided an updated overall cost for the project. However,  fund raising continues through an ongoing capital campaign including up to $10 million for naming rights to the campus. Administrative wing naming rights are $2 million. Most naming rights range from $10,000 to $100,000, and there are lots of them available.

The small-animal hospital would increase from 6,000 to 15,000 square feet, while the 38,000-square-foot equine hospital center would be remodeled and the therapeutic horse-riding facility enclosed.

(Video below: Construction update from last summer)

The center's pet-boarding center, which accommodates about 90 cats and dogs, will add space for an additional 75 animals, and will even offer luxury time shares in one-week increments, with the degree of pet comfort dependent on how much the owners wish to spend on furnishings,  according to center president Mike Arms.

Donations provided much of the $12 million needed for Phase One. Center sources haven't disclosed the full cost of the project that went through years of planning and permit hearings.

For more, visit the center web site at:

http://www.animalcenter.org/