Ground broken on Texas A&M-Fort Worth research campus

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State approves record $1.19 billion for Texas A&M System

Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp joins Good Day to talk about his expanding university.

Texas A&M broke ground Wednesday on its new research campus in Fort Worth.

The complex is on the eastern edge of downtown.

The incoming technology and innovation district will have three buildings and will take up four blocks.

Texas A&M updates expansion plan for Fort Worth research campus

It all means Fort Worth will no longer be the largest city without the presence of a public research university.

Construction is set to start this summer.

A&M hopes to have it up and running in 2025.