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Post by tiger1 on Oct 18, 2023 14:12:40 GMT -5
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Post by TSUTigerFanInDC on Oct 19, 2023 8:03:23 GMT -5
Listening to meeting was both eye opening and confusing. Especially in the end as it relates to building the two dorms that have been proposed.
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Post by tsundenver on Oct 19, 2023 9:51:17 GMT -5
I have a hard time following what the plans are for housing and the farmland development. Am I correct in assuming the plan is to build 2 dorms simultaneously but starting one approximately 6 months prior to the other? The dorms will be similar to the one recently completed? Will there also be a partnership with private entity for off campus housing for non-traditional students that may also house Fisk and Meharry students? Where will this location be? Sounds like it may be near or associated with the downtown campus.. Very confusing. Will the farmland also have a housing component?
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Post by tsu120 on Oct 19, 2023 10:10:34 GMT -5
I have a hard time following what the plans are for housing and the farmland development. Am I correct in assuming the plan is to build 2 dorms simultaneously but starting one approximately 6 months prior to the other? The dorms will be similar to the one recently completed? Will there also be a partnership with private entity for off campus housing for non-traditional students that may also house Fisk and Meharry students? Where will this location be? Sounds like it may be near or associated with the downtown campus.. Very confusing. Will the farmland also have a housing component? Don't laugh - one of the TSU Staff members was at practice Tuesday. I asked questions about the New Dorms, Engineering Building and if there is a master plane we can look at. He shrugged his shoulders. As if your guess is just as good as mine. There is a Hotel scheduled to be constructed near campus.
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Post by tsundenver on Oct 19, 2023 10:21:42 GMT -5
I am not laughing... It would be nice to have an update on the library and the new Engineering building. Definitely need a hotel near campus.
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Post by tsu120 on Oct 19, 2023 11:16:43 GMT -5
I am not laughing... It would be nice to have an update on the library and the new Engineering building. Definitely need a hotel near campus. Hotel, is scheduled to built near Ford - the Rail Road Tracks. Need to talk with some of the City Planners.
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Post by TSUTigerFanInDC on Oct 19, 2023 13:29:28 GMT -5
So, there appears to be a developer that is looking to build off-campus housing near TSU that will give TSU students preferential availability followed by Fisk and Meharry students. As stated in the meeting, TSU wouldn't gain in revenue from that arrangement. I'd prefer to see TSU partner with a developer to build on-campus housing that they control and receive revenue from as well. That revenue can be shared with the developer.
My take from the conversation about the construction of the two new dorms already proposed is that they will be built in a staggered scheduled. Once the first dorm reaches a certain stage in construction the second dorm will then start. So, one will come online before the other. They still have yet to mention where the two new dorms will be built.
This process needs to be expedited somehow because the costs to build is skyrocketing daily. What they may get as costs today may not be the same next week, well off a year from now.
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