Philanthropist opens wallet for university’s new campus

Kiran Patel drops $230 million, gets a second college named after him.

By Business Observer Staff
| 6:00 a.m. May 17, 2019
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A rendering of Nova Southeastern University's new Tampa Bay regional campus, slated to open in the fall. Courtesy photo.

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File Nova Southeastern University’s new $230 million Clearwater campus — recently unveiled to area leaders and members of the media, ahead of its grand opening in the fall — firmly in the “offer you can’t refuse” category.

The institution already had a Tampa Bay regional campus, at 3632 Queen Palm Drive in Tampa, east of downtown near Interstate 75. Then philanthropist Kiran Patel, who made a fortune from the sale of WellCare and has funded a college of osteopathic medicine at NSU’s flagship Fort Lauderdale campus, came along with a proposal.