The N.C. Center for Health & Wellness will be located in the heart of UNC Asheville's campus, between
the Justice Center and the Reuter Center, which houses the N.C. Center
for Creative Retirement.
The 133,500-square-foot facility will contain classrooms, research and teaching labs; cardiovascular and strength training rooms; offices, meeting rooms and seminar
space; studios for dance, aerobics, yoga and other physical activity courses; a wellness café and teaching kitchen; and incubator space for wellness-related community enterprises.
The facility will also include a multipurpose convocation center, the Kimmel Arena, which will have seating for 4,000 for commencement, health symposiums and
national speakers, and seating for 3,400 for intercollegiate basketball. The arena provides the campus' first venue that can hold all of UNC Asheville's students.
Sustainable design features include a heat recovery wheel to reduce heating and cooling costs, low-energy lighting fixtures with occupancy sensors, rainwater cistern to supply a future irrigation system for athletic fields, no-touch restroom faucets to reduce water usage, and drought-tolerant, indigenous landscaping.
