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The Michigan Daily reported in April that the residence hall would house 600 students in a 370,000-square-foot, eight-story building on South Division Street. The project was made possible by a donation of $110 million from University alum Charles Munger.
University President Mary Sue Coleman first announced plans for construction at a University Board of Regents meeting in April. discount hotel san antonio As of Tuesday, the University reached an agreement with Copi Properties and closed on the purchase of two houses. The University will pay $1.5 million for both properties.
After the April board meeting in which the project was approved, a resolution that would have allowed the administration to use eminent domain — the state's power to take private property for public use — if necessary was also approved.
Fitzgerald discount hotel san antonio said though a design for the residence hall hasn't been officially approved, ideas include layouts like seven-bedroom apartments, each with their own bathroom, and a large common area and kitchen.
Housing spokesman Peter Logan said the complex is intended to act as a unique space where cross-curricular collaboration is encouraged. University Housing has been trying to ascertain what kind of programming or support this kind of community would require by talking to graduate students and colleagues involved in existing graduate student programs.
"(We) have a vision to create a community discount hotel san antonio of grad students across many disciplines that will provide opportunities discount hotel san antonio to share scholarship and research work on a variety of fields," Logan said. "It's a unique population, so we're doing our diligence now trying to identify what would make this collaborative cross disciplinary community at graduate level successful."