Fanshawe College will be opening a new campus in south London this fall.

College officials announced Wednesday they are in lease negotiations to take over the building that used to be home to Westervelt College.

The new Fanshawe campus will be located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Wellington Road and Bradley Avenue, not far from White Oaks Mall.

"Fanshawe's exceptional educational offerings and graduate employment rates continue to attract new students from across Ontario and around the globe," said Fanshawe's president Peter Devlin in a media release.

The statement said Fanshawe is "continuing efforts to respond to labour market needs and limited space means the College requires new space.

Fanshawe College's main campus on Oxford St. E in London. (Dave Chidley/CBC)

Fanshawe's main campus is along Oxford Street E in London.

It also has two buildings downtown on Dundas St. with the latest opening to students in September, 2018.

Peter Devlin is president of Fanshawe College. (Brenden Dixon)

"We're pleased to be expanding our presence in this new south London campus," Devlin added in the statement.

The south campus will accommodate 250 students this fall. Another 850 more students will be added when renovations are complete.

The school will offer four graduate certificate programs at the new campus: Agri-Business Management, Business Management, Business and Information Systems Architecture and Residence Retirement Management.

Fanshawe is the largest college in southwestern Ontario with a total of 43,000 students. It also has campuses in Simcoe, St. Thomas and Woodstock.