Second phase of family housing nears end of construction
The new Spencer View
apartments include sever
al features that will make
life easier for residents
By Jennifer Schmitt
Community Editor
Apartments with doors of
orange, yellow, teal and
coral will soon be mixing
with the rainbow of colors that
already distinguishes the
Spencer View family housing
apartments as the second and
final phase of construction is
completed this August.
Similar to the 132 existing
apartments, the 140 new two
bedroom apartments are divided
into color-coded 'vneighbor
nooas, saia frank
Gaddini, area
director for Uni
versity housing.
The front door of
each apartment is
then painted to
match the other
doors in the com
plex. The colors
are designed to act
as bright, simple
identifiers for stu
dents and their
visitors, Gaddini
said.
“This is a good
feature for stu
dents when they
are trying to give
family members directions,”
Gaddini said. “It is also good for
emergencies to be able to say ‘I
live in the red neighborhood.’”
Since the idea behind the
apartments is to give priority to
students with families, the
apartments and surrounding
fi£
[Spencer View] was
designed so that a parent
can be inside and watch
their child without having
to hover over them the
whole time. We really
want this to be a safe
place for children.
— Frank Gaddini
University housing area director
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areas are designed for children
and parents.
Every kitchen has a window
that looks out onto one of the 10
playgrounds that are spread
throughout the neighborhoods.
“This was designed so that a
parent can be inside and watch
their child without having to
hover over them the whole
time,” Gaddini said. “We really
want this to be a safe place for
children.”
The neighborhoods are
arranged in clusters around a
common building that provides
office space, a community room,
maintenance supplies and a
child care center.
The apartments are part of the
University family housing pro
gram, and all of the apartments’
phone lines are linked to the
university s
telecommunica
tions package.
The apartments
have the same
phone system
that is used on
campus, Gaddini
said.
“They can still
use the six-plus
four extensions to
call campus,” he
said. “And their
monthly bill
comes with their
rent package.”
Unlike the
Phase One apart
ments, wnich
have one ethemet link per apart
ment, the new apartments have
an ethernet port in every room
so students can set up their
computers in any room and con
nect to the main frame on cam
pus.
“We wanted to provide flexi
Frank Gaddini stands in front of some new playground equipment being installed at Spencer View apart
ments. Construction on phase two of the project should be finished in several months.
bility,” Gaddini said. “Now a
student can put their computer
in the quietest room or by the
window; wherever they want.”
Each of the 700-square-foot
apartments also has its own pri
vate patio.
The apartments are in a con
venient location for students
because it is close to campus,
other schools and shopping. The
complex is also surrounded on
three sides by a greenbelt, Gad
dini said.
Applications and reservations
on the apartments are being
accepted by University housing
right now for fall term.
“Buildings are going up right
now, and things are going very
well,” said Michael Eyster,
director of University housing.
“Things are going much faster in
this phase than in the first one,
and we anticipate being right on
time to meet our deadline.”
Rent for the apartments will
not be settled until after a public
hearing on May 28, but the pro
posed rate for a two-bedroom
apartment is $445 a month,
Eyster said.
Because Spencer View is cate
gorized as family housing, the
first priority is given to students
with children. Graduate stu
dents are the next priority, fol
lowed by undergraduates over
21, Eyster said.
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