USF student residential "Village"

[atl86bull]

http://www.usforacle.com/news/view.php/867346/BOT-approves-new-project-for-student-hou

 

New student housing on campus is one step closer to reality following approval from the USF Board of Trustees (BOT) on Thursday.

What will be called the Andros village, the new housing project will be completed through a public-private partnership between the university and private contractors and is expected to replace the existing facilities in the Andros area with a new village-like layout for more than 2,000 students.

Now with BOT approval, the $133 million development must go before the Florida Board of Governors (BOG).

[86atlbull]

http://tbo.com/news/politics/usf-oks-housing-project-for-2165-students-at-andros-site-20150604/

TAMPA — The University of South Florida is moving ahead with plans for the largest student-housing construction project in school history, razing the well-worn Andros dormitories for a mixed-use residential complex featuring a health and wellness center, outdoor pool and deck, dining center and small-shop retail space.

University trustees on Thursday voted to enter into an agreement with Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital to build a $134 million, live-work-play project that will provide 2,165 beds in three buildings on the site of the 50-year-old dorms. The new complex will dwarf the largest existing dorm, the 1,050-student Juniper-Poplar complex.

The project “will create a new atmosphere on campus, with the recreation facility, shops and swimming pool,†said USF president Judy Genshaft. “It’s going to liven up the atmosphere on campus.â€

[Gismo]

Student housing is now like a resort... shops? It will have shops?

Edited June 10, 2015 by Gismo

[JTrue]

Yes. Generally, those are for things like shopping.

[Bear]

Are they going to knock down my previous IOTA!?

 

 

The memories of that dorm