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A Pioneering Partnership Celebrating UC’s Newest Residence Hall COLLEGE DORM OR LUXURY APARTMENT? UTICA COLLEGE’S NEWEST RESIDENCE HALL, PIONEER VILLAGE, IS BOTH. Opened in fall 2019, the apartment-style living complex is comprised of three buildings with 144 beds total. Each unit includes four single bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, full kitchen with dishwasher, and
a washer and dryer. A smaller one-story building adjacent to the complex serves as a community center for residents. The $14 million-dollar project, a partnership between the Municipal Housing Authority, BBL Construction Services LLC, and Utica College, was built by Albany-based BBL, with several UC construction management grads and students assuming
leadership roles in the project. “This partnership has allowed UC to offer an affordable, premium-level housing option that keeps more students on campus, where they can live and learn alongside their peers as part of the growing Utica College community,” President Laura Casamento said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 13.
Others speaking at the celebration included Senior Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment Management Jeffery Gates, Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri, Utica Municipal Housing Authority Executive Director Robert Calli, BBL CFO Steve Obermayer, and UC Student Government Association president Michael Delia ’20.
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