in june 2017, the school said that three buildings on roosevelt island—the tata innovation center, the house, and the bloomberg center—would be ready for the start of the fall 2017 semester. the first buildings opened on september 13, 2017. the campus's initial occupants consisted of 30 professors and 300 students. subsequently, in march 2018, construction began on an 18-story, 244-room hotel at cornell tech, which was projected to be completed in 2020.