DOWNTOWN CLE V E LAND campus growth boosts city life Creating a residential neighborhood that will help transform
downtown Cleveland. That’s Cleveland State’s vision — and new residence halls and development of land north and south of campus are making it happen. The three projects are key elements of CSU’s ongoing master plan, as well as key factors in attracting people downtown and keeping them there. “All the improvements we’ve made to our campus are meant to enhance the collegiate experience for our students,” says Jack Boyle, vice president for business affairs and finance. “But we’re also spurring housing and retail redevelopment by private investors and sparking a renewed interest in downtown among young professionals, empty-nesters and suburbanites who are rethinking their urban roots.” Euclid Commons, at East 24th Street between Euclid and Prospect avenues, will house CSU’s growing student population. Phase one will open in August, just in time for fall semester. Three four-story buildings will provide 325 additional beds, primarily in units featuring four single bedrooms, a kitchen and a common space. Phase two, an L-shaped building with 275 more beds, will begin immediately thereafter. When it opens in fall 2011,
Euclid Commons will house a total of 600 students in comfortable, attractive units designed to enhance campus life. As part of the residence hall expansion, East 24th Street is being extended south to Prospect Avenue. On the north side of campus, a private developer has been contracted to build one- and two-bedroom, marketrate apartments for 600 residents. Construction is expected to begin in 2011; the housing is designed to appeal to faculty, staff, and other professionals who work downtown. Additional north campus development will include retail space, some parking, and possibly a stadium for Viking baseball and football. South of campus, Prospect Avenue is the planned site for more market-rate housing, built by private developers, as well as more student housing. In addition, CSU will soon be a bit greener. East 19th Street will become a landscaped walkway between Euclid and Prospect avenues, providing an unobstructed view of the Wolstein Center from campus. And site improvements will create a mini park in the 1900 block of Euclid Avenue, home of CSU’s Farmers Market from April through October.
EUCLID COMMONS, CSU'S NEWEST RESIDENCE HALL
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