Making the transition from a campus master plan to new building construction can be filled with challenges, even for the most experienced project teams. Presenters lay out an efficient, data-informed, and participatory programming and implementations process that delivers optimal building footprints, user groups compositions, and space types, while creating high-value backfill opportunities. They demonstrate how to closely integrate teaching and research with broader campus engagement spaces while leveraging campus resources. They examine key advantages of this process for better aligning future master plan projects with the institutional strategic vision.