1. Code 212 – Redevelopment and replacement of existing university facilities
In January 2025, Ibn Tofail University (UIT) launched a national construction tender for new premises for its Code 212 Centre, replacing existing university annexes previously used to accommodate the first cohort of students receiving digital skills training. The project, managed by Morocco’s National Agency for Public Facilities (ANEP), had an estimated investment exceeding MAD 20 million. The planned infrastructure included dedicated spaces for artificial intelligence, robotics, coding, coworking and conferences. This initiative demonstrates UIT’s approach to upgrading established educational infrastructure through the replacement of existing facilities with modern learning environments. Because the project concerns previously occupied university premises, it provides relevant evidence of redevelopment within an established institutional setting. Confirmation that the new buildings occupy previously developed plots would establish a more direct link to THE’s brownfield definition. Challenge.ma
Source: Code 212 – January 2025 construction project
2. Campus extensions – Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences and Higher School of Education and Training
In 2025, Morocco’s National Agency for Public Facilities included three Ibn Tofail University infrastructure projects in its official national public-works programme: the extension of the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences, the extension of the Higher School of Education and Training (ESEF), and the construction of the Code 212 Coding Space. These projects had a combined indicative budget of MAD 76.515 million. Rather than establishing entirely new institutions on separate sites, two projects specifically involved extending existing academic establishments, demonstrating UIT’s intention to expand capacity within established educational environments. The programme provides official documentation of planned development associated with existing university infrastructure, although the precise land-use history and construction status of each project are not specified. FNBTP
Source: Official 2025 National Public Works Programme – page 45
3. Existing building improvements – Code 212, Empowerment Center and 15 offices
On 25 June 2025, the Presidency of Ibn Tofail University awarded procurement reference 91/FONC/2025/UIT to MAP TP for technical studies and supervision of flooring and waterproofing works at the existing Code 212 building, Empowerment Center and 15 university offices. The recorded award amount for the study and monitoring assignment was MAD 2,280. The procurement demonstrates that UIT continued investing in the adaptation, maintenance and improvement of existing facilities instead of exclusively pursuing new construction. These initiatives support the University’s broader practice of retaining and improving developed campus infrastructure. They constitute useful supplementary evidence of building reuse, although ordinary refurbishment alone does not demonstrate new construction on a brownfield site. 2 280 DH