Tearing down Halsey would make sense since they're talking about replacing the IMU ramp. That extra space would allow them to build a lot more parking and a ramp that is easier to maneuver in. I wonder if they'd take down Calvin Hall and/or Trowbridge too to really expand the parking option.
With the article talking about Tippie expanding, I'm not sure where. PBB is using all of the available space, aside from the courtyard. If they got rid of Gilmore Hall, then there would be expansion room. Maybe the school would buy the Old Brick Church and tear it down to build an annex across Market St. I doubt that doing that would go over well though.
But they'd have to find space to relocate the Geology department from Trowbridge, the Religious Studies department from Gilmore, and student services from Calvin if they did everything I said. Is there room in other areas to do that? Sounds like dance moving out of Halsey already has space, so maybe they've thought of these other ones.
What is painfully obvious is that the university is running out of room without tearing down old buildings to build larger new ones, without tearing up existing green space like Hubbard park, or without building back in the flood zone where Voxman and Hancher used to be. In the last 20 years the university has built 6 large buildings on the east side of the river and built a large expansion to the engineering building. Hubbard, the pentacrest lawn, and the EPB parking lot are the last large open spaces left north of Burlington and east of the river. I guess they tore down the communications building and Seashore hall, I haven't seen what they've done with those spaces so maybe there's room there.