SLU to Build $71 Million Residence Hall
Date Posted: October 1, 2015
Posted In: Projects,
From St. Louis Business Journal: A new $71 million residence hall is slated to open in 2017 on St. Louis University’s Midtown campus after the university’s board of trustees approved the project over the weekend, the university announced Tuesday.
Located near the northwest corner of Grand Boulevard and Laclede Avenue, the new residence hall will join a $44 million residence hall approved in December, which is currently under construction at Laclede and Spring avenues.
The plans approved Saturday call for a seven-story, 237,000-square-foot facility to be built on what is currently a parking lot. Designed for first- and second-year students, the new building will be connected to the adjacent Griesedieck Complex, SLU’s largest residential facility.
Creve Coeur-based Hastings+Chivetta Architects is designing the new facility, and SLU selected St. Louis-based Alberici as general contractor on the construction project.
Plans for the hall include both single and double-suite rooms, with space for a total of 528 beds, as well as classrooms, study lounges, outdoor plaza and a 740-seat dining hall.