Completed in December 2012, the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute (UNC CSI) is a 52,000 square foot research facility located on a 200 acre site on Roanoke Island along the Croatan Sound on the Outer Banks near the Town of Manteo. The facility includes research labs for marine archeology, coastal processes, estuarine ecology, public policy, and engineering. The new building also comes equipped with teaching classrooms and labs as well as marine operations, administration, and research offices.