Baker College to open $51 million downtown Royal Oak campus Baker College announced Monday it is building a campus in downtown Royal Oak. The private nonprofit college is embarking on a $51 million project, which will include an 86,000-square-foot, seven-story building. It will be located at 420 S. Lafayette Ave., at the intersection of S. Lafayette and 5th Avenue, with the capability of accommodating 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students. The new campus is expected to open in the fall of 2022. In recent years, Baker has closed campuses in Flint, Allen Park and Clinton Township and consolidated them into other nearby locations. The Auburn Hills campus will also soon close, and students will be consolidating into the Royal Oak location.