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The Daily OrangeFrom the ground up
By Melissa Daniels
Posted: 8/28/07, 12:28 AM EST Section: News
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"One really exciting thing is this is the first residence and dining hall we've built," said Eileen Simmons, director of SU's Office of Housing, Meal Plans and ID Card Services. "Let me repeat, the first one."
The yet-unnamed hall, which will cost about $50 million, will be built on the Dellplain lawn along Comstock Avenue. The completion date is set for August 2009.
The first two levels of the building will be made of glass, from 18 feet on the south end to 34 feet on the north end.
"Looking across the Dellplain lawn, you're going to see constant hustle and bustle on those two floors, and I think that's really exciting for us," Simmons said.
The first floor will be a market-inspired 22,000 square foot dining hall for students to use their meal plans, an innovative model used in cafeterias, dining halls and supermarkets across the country.
"We're going with a market concept, so our kitchen area will be with the serving area. You'll be able to see everything going on, a lot of display cooking," said David George, director of SU Food Services.
The dining hall will serve as an after-hours location for students, remaining open until 11 p.m. The seating area will hold 500, making it one of the largest dining facilities on campus, George said.
"I'm a student of food services, and I look to see what's out there," he said. "We're going to try to phase in a noodle bar concept and other things we can do that are a little more hands-on."
The second floor of the building will be a recreational center measuring about 10,600 square feet.
The residence hall will house 250 students on the top seven floors of the building, with 60 split doubles and 120 single rooms. Housing will provide for students of any class year.
Twenty-four students on each floor will share a lounge, a study space, a kitchen area, a trash room and a laundry facility. There will be four students per bathroom, an increase from the average nine-to-one ratio in other SU residence halls.
The size of the dorm rooms will be above average compared to the other rooms in SU residence halls. Singles will be about 140 square feet, and the split doubles will be about 246 square feet, about 20 percent bigger than other SU split doubles.
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