That doesn't mean that the university is opting out of the space race or abandoning its ambition to keep with its academic peers. Far from it. Drexel, which began flexing its dormant muscle under its late president Constantine Papadakis, plans a massive expansion over the next 30 years, adding six to 10 million square feet of space - the equivalent of six to 10 Comcast towers. For the record, that's twice as much space as New York University - the very model of urban academic behemoth - intends to build in the same time.