The college is a part of The Washington Campus which is a consortium of business schools that was established by L. William Seidman in 1978.
[5] U.S. News & World Report lists Seidman as a "Best Undergraduate Business Program" as well as ranking the Part-time MBA.
The center will house the Seidman College of Business in its entirety along with all of its outreach programs.
The building will be four stories tall, consist of 110,000 square feet, and will be located on the GVSU Pew campus in downtown Grand Rapids.
$25 million of the building is being funded with private donations, with the principal donor for the center being Richard DeVos, as well as other significant donors: Donald Rumsfeld and Henry Kissinger.