SpawGlass Overcomes Challenges at UNT’s Discovery Park
ver the decades, the location that now houses Discovery Park at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, Texas, has experi-enced dramatic shifts in functionality and ownership. The structure was initially built in 1988 by Texas Instruments as an assembly manufacturing facility for electronic defense systems. However, after completion, the building never saw use as a manufacturing facility, leaving it vacant until about 2001. UNT then bought the site and breathed new life into the facility. Today, the 609,550-square-foot, two-story Discovery Park facility educates UNT’s College of Engineering and College of Information students, serving hundreds each year.