University of Michigan Student Housing - Recent Developments

Recent Developments

Alice Lloyd Hall went through renovations and opened for Fall 2012. South Quadrangle and West Quadrangle are both receiving new landscaping. South Quad had the front shrubbery replaced, the sidewalks widened, underground sprinkling put in, and new sod to replace the dirt and weeds. At West Quad, both courtyards and the side yard had underground sprinkling and sod installed. East Quad is currently closed and Residential College students are living in South and West Quads.

North Quad is the university's first all new housing construction since 1967. On December 15, 2006, the UM Board of Regents approved the North Quad design. The 370,000 square feet building, blending Collegiate Gothic and Arts & Crafts styles, opened in Fall 2010. It is located on Central Campus at the intersection of Huron and State St., on the former site of the Frieze building. Two column caps from the Frieze Building are located in the courtyard. Additional elements from the Frieze Building are incorporated into the exterior architecture, most notably the Carnegie Public Library façade facing Huron Street. The residential tower houses approximately 450 upper-level undergraduate students. The facility combines living and learning with a large classroom wing housing the School of Information, Screen Arts and Cultures, Communications Studies, the Language Resource Center and the Gayle Morris Sweetland Center for Writing. The academic tower features 19 classrooms and three labs, television and video production studios, faculty offices, and a dining center.

Stockwell Hall was recently renovated to upgrade most of its facilities. After the renovation, the hall changed from female only to coed leaving the smaller Barbour/Newberry, Cook, and Henderson as the last remaining all-female halls .

Couzens Hall was closed for renovation after the Winter 2010 term. The renovation repaired and updated infrastructure, including: new plumbing, heating, ventilation, fire detection and suppression systems, wired and wireless high- speed network access, renovated bath facilities and accessibility improvements. New spaces were created in the vacated dining areas that are no longer needed since the Hill Dining Center, located in Mosher Jordan Hall, became operational. New and reorganized spaces within the facility revitalized the old residence hall and created spaces for living-learning and academic initiatives, student interaction, and creation of community. The renovation process was completed for the start of the Fall 2011 term. According to the University of Michigan Housing website, Couzens Hall has been "identified for energy-efficient design making its estimated building performance among the top 25 percent of facilities in the United States"

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