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Originally Posted by rthomasd
I wasn't aware that they planned to knock down the old Science building. I had understood that it would be converted to office space.
MUN lost an excellent opportunity on Elizabeth Ave - with the $25M - $30M they are spending on the Battery Hotel (mostly to give the President a second office with a nice view) they could have put a lot of 2 or 3 story apartment units in the new cul-de-sac opposite the Arts Building that sat empty for more than 10 years until last year when a few single houses are being built there. Having students at the Battery Hotel will add even more traffic to campus, putting them on Elizabeth Ave wouldn't.
Also, MUN owns all/most of the houses on the Clark Place (Elizabeth Ave). These houses are used as office space now, perhaps they could be converted to 2 or 4 unit student apartments when more office space becomes available (on campus or at the Battery Hotel).
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MUN has been buying the properties in Clark Place as they become available, however there are still one or two left that they haven't been able to buy yet. Once they own them all, the plan is to tear them all down, remove the cul-de-sac, and put another Burtons Pond residence there, looking just like the 4 existing buildings.