Facilities Inventory: Facility Categories
Last updated: February 14, 2024
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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 | Facilities not described by facility category codes CU.1 or CU.2 below which have asset assignment codes 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.1. Example facilities with asset assignment codes 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.1:
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CU.1 | Landlord to non-Cornell | Cornell University is the landlord and the occupants are outside agencies. Example facilities:
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CU.2 | Internal agreement with Cornell department(s) | 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 New York State (NYS) arrangement | Facility 1166, NYS Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, is currently the only facility in this category. |
CS | Other SUNY-Cornell arrangement | Buildings owned by NY State with special agreements with Cornell. Facility 1076, Boyce Thompson Institute, is currently the only facility in this category. |
TN | 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 buildings 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 | Historic | Facilities in this category are those which were set as 'Obsolete' prior to the 2010 iteration of the inventory. |