Facilities Inventory: Facility Categories
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Last updated: October 14, 2025
Content created: January 11, 2024
See also Facility Type or Facility Status.
A facility category code was added in fiscal year 2023-2024. This field does not replace the facility "Asset Assignment" code. The "Asset Assignment" identifies how facility assets are held in the university accounting system.
Table I. Facility Categories
| Facility Category Code | Facility Category Code Description | How Used? |
| CU | Owned & Occupied (EN/CC/NYS/SUNY) | Facilities both owned and occupied by Cornell-affiliated departments, other than facilities associated to CU.1 (Leased to Others) or CU.2 (Internal agreement). These facilities will have asset assignment codes 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.1. Example facilities:
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| CU.1 | CU Leased to Others | Facilities where Cornell University is the landlord and the occupants are outside agencies. Example facilities:
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| CU.2 | Internal agreement | An understanding exists between a Cornell department for the use of space outside typical assignments. For example, an agreement brokered by CU Real Estate. The list of facilities in this category is refreshed annually by CU Real Estate. Example facilities:
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| CN | Other NYS | Facilities owned by a NY State entity which is not the State University of New York (SUNY) with special agreements with Cornell. There are currently no facilities in this category. |
| CS | Other SUNY | Facilities owned by NY State with special agreements between the State University of New York (SUNY) and Cornell. Facility 1076, Boyce Thompson Institute, is currently the only facility in this category. |
| TN | CU as Tenant | Facilities owned by an outside agency or Cornell subsidiary where Cornell University is the tenant. Example facilities owned by an outside agency where Cornell University is the tenant:
Example facilities owned by a Cornell subsidiary where Cornell University is the tenant:
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| T | Tracked | Tracked facilities do not contain rooms coded to Cornell University departments. They are held in the facilities inventory for communication and other purposes. Example tracked facilities:
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| H | Unassigned | Facilities in this category are those which have not yet been assigned a category. |