PITTSBURGH — As Point Park University advances its Academic Village Initiative, a $244 million campus and public plan, it announced today it received a $4 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the largest gift ever to the university from a foundation or individual.

The grant will pay for the renovation and construction of the university's new Student and Convocation Center at 330 Boulevard of the Allies.

The foundation's $4 million award includes a matching grant, contingent upon raising like funds from alumni and individuals.

Formerly home to the YMCA, 330 Boulevard of the Allies is a 115,000-square-foot facility built in 1985 and acquired by the university in 2008.