SEATTLE — No more sharing practice courts. No more sharing film and meeting rooms. No more outdated strength and conditioning and health and wellness spaces for the University of Washington’s non-football athletic teams.



On Thursday, the UW Board of Regents unanimously approved the athletic department’s proposal of a $60.5 million project to build a training and operations facility for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, as well as a health and high-performance center (H2P) to serve both programs and all of the school’s Olympic sports. The basketball facility is planned for the current site of the Pavilion Pool adjacent to Hec Edmundson Pavilion’s east side, and the H2P will involve the renovation of the Legend’s Center and current weight room, plus additional square footage.



All told, the majority-donor-funded project will encompass roughly 80,000 gross square feet, most of that taken up by practice courts for the...