Seattle University students will soon begin to swarm Downtown Bellevue as the school prepares to open its new Eastside campus location next month.

The university, which has occupied a space at Bellefield Office Park since 1989, is finishing up renovations on a new 7,600-square-foot satellite campus for the Albers School of Business and Economics.

“There’s a lot of important employers on the Eastside, and a lot of programs in our Bellevue campus are targeted towards business or finance,” said Joseph Phillips Jr., dean of the Albers School. “The aspiration of university is to expand programs available on Eastside, and not just for our business programs.”

Located on 112th Avenue N.E., the new facility will be close to the Bellevue Transit Center, which will bring an added convenience for students and staff, said Phillips. It also includes 50 university-designated parking spots, and access to I-405 and WA-520.

Seattle University’s new facility will also include upgraded technology, workspaces and other features.

“The new facility will have a layout specifically designed to meet our program needs, as opposed to the Bellefield facility that was always a poor match for us as a facility,” he said. “Obviously, the way technology is used in classrooms is very different now than it was in 1989.”

The Albers campus will serve close to 100 business students, but the university has plans to expand in the future to serve more business students and students studying other disciplines, said university spokesperson Dean Forbes.

Representatives from the school would not disclose how much the renovation cost, and would only specify that they are renting the space at 200 112th Ave.

Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of August. The university will be holding an open house and start classes on the facility’s opening date, Sept. 23.