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The Daily OrangeDon't mind the mess
University-wide construction work creates new detours on campus
By Shayna Meliker
Posted: 8/26/08, 12:56 AM EST Section: News
Detours: None
Cost: $31.5 million
Fun Fact: Where the building stands is the former site of a factory, making it a designated brownfield (potentially contaminated land). Builders had to be particularly careful of how they excavated the area.
Project: 619 Comstock Ave. Residence Hall
Broke Ground: March 2008
Expected Completion Date: August 2009
At a Glance: The nine-floor residence hall will be available for the Fall 2009 semester, and is set to house 250 first-year students and upperclassmen. The building is composed of single and double rooms, and each floor will have a lounge, laundry room and kitchen.
Detours: Sidewalks directly lining the building - on Comstock Avenue, University Place and Waverly Avenue - will be closed the entire year.
Cost: $54 million
Fun Fact: An open-glass fitness room sits on a mezzanine level above a double-decker dining center.
Project: Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center
Broke Ground: August 2008
Expected Completion Date: Fall 2009
At a Glance: The center will include two basketball courts for use by the men's and women's programs, coaches offices, locker rooms, a weight training area and a therapy center for injured players. The building will sit to the north of Manley Field House, between the Comstock Art Facility and the Roy Simmons Sr. Coaches Wing.
Detours: A fence will surround the construction area, blocking off the north side entrance to Manley Field House. The fence will also limit access to the Comstock Art Facility.
Cost: $19 million
Fun Fact: Carmelo Anthony, of Denver Nuggets fame, donated $3 million for the project. He attended an official groundbreaking ceremony last September, although actual construction began 11 months later.
Project: South Campus Apartment Complex
Broke Ground: August 2008
Expected Completion Date: Fall 2009
At a Glance: The complex, including 120 two- and four-bedroom apartments, will be available to 432 upperclassmen for the Fall 2009 semester. A clubhouse for residents will have a movie theater, study rooms and a fitness center. The apartments are set along East Colvin Street by Slocum Drive.
Detours: None
Cost: $25 million
Fun Fact: The Sherman Park Neighborhood Association, a collection of area residents living closest to the complex, opposed the project. Members voiced their concerns at community meetings held before the Syracuse city planning commission approved the project June 9.
shmelike@syr.edu
Cost: $31.5 million
Fun Fact: Where the building stands is the former site of a factory, making it a designated brownfield (potentially contaminated land). Builders had to be particularly careful of how they excavated the area.
Project: 619 Comstock Ave. Residence Hall
Broke Ground: March 2008
Expected Completion Date: August 2009
At a Glance: The nine-floor residence hall will be available for the Fall 2009 semester, and is set to house 250 first-year students and upperclassmen. The building is composed of single and double rooms, and each floor will have a lounge, laundry room and kitchen.
Detours: Sidewalks directly lining the building - on Comstock Avenue, University Place and Waverly Avenue - will be closed the entire year.
Cost: $54 million
Fun Fact: An open-glass fitness room sits on a mezzanine level above a double-decker dining center.
Project: Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center
Broke Ground: August 2008
Expected Completion Date: Fall 2009
At a Glance: The center will include two basketball courts for use by the men's and women's programs, coaches offices, locker rooms, a weight training area and a therapy center for injured players. The building will sit to the north of Manley Field House, between the Comstock Art Facility and the Roy Simmons Sr. Coaches Wing.
Detours: A fence will surround the construction area, blocking off the north side entrance to Manley Field House. The fence will also limit access to the Comstock Art Facility.
Cost: $19 million
Fun Fact: Carmelo Anthony, of Denver Nuggets fame, donated $3 million for the project. He attended an official groundbreaking ceremony last September, although actual construction began 11 months later.
Project: South Campus Apartment Complex
Broke Ground: August 2008
Expected Completion Date: Fall 2009
At a Glance: The complex, including 120 two- and four-bedroom apartments, will be available to 432 upperclassmen for the Fall 2009 semester. A clubhouse for residents will have a movie theater, study rooms and a fitness center. The apartments are set along East Colvin Street by Slocum Drive.
Detours: None
Cost: $25 million
Fun Fact: The Sherman Park Neighborhood Association, a collection of area residents living closest to the complex, opposed the project. Members voiced their concerns at community meetings held before the Syracuse city planning commission approved the project June 9.
shmelike@syr.edu
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