Residential Goal Drives ASU Building Boom

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Residential Goal Drives ASU Building Boom

by Luke Jones on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 12:00 am

Luke Jones

The 240,000-SF, $35 million ASU Student Union, completed in 2007, was the anchor for the university’s plan to create a more walkable, residential campus.

Luke Jones

A “living learning community” for honors students, providing around 100 beds, is one of many student housing projects undertaken on the ASU campus since 2002.

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Stripling said ASU’s sororities had outgrown their designated housing in University Hall, a 50-year-old building, and the college decided that making the sororities comfortable fit into its “destination” plan.

Stripling said ASU wanted “to place recognizable value in living on campus and being on campus. We recognize the value of Greek life and the support it lends to the types of events you have on a residential campus.”

The second residential project will provide about 100 beds for honors students across several buildings. Baldwin & Shell Construction Co. of Little Rock is building the 35,000-SF, $6 million project.

“The honors program has grown over the last few years,” Stripling said. “This is the kind of piece that pulls it together.”

A few more building projects are simmering as well. “We have some that we are exploring the finances of just to see if they’re feasible to do,” Stripling said.

Among those projects on the exploration list is more student housing. “We still have a high demand,” Stripling said. “We have to determine what the next steps for housing are.”

Frey said ASU is also looking into a College of Business building, but it will largely depend on external funding.

ASU Building Projects Since 2002

Completion Year	Project	Total Cost
2007	Student Union	35,100,000
2013-14	Humanities & Social Sciences	32,000,000
2006	North Park Quad	24,223,570
2005	Arkansas Biosciences Institute	20,360,000
2009	Red Wolf Recreation Center	17,735,886
2013-14	Marion Berry Parkway	17,124,856
2009	Donald W. Reynolds Center for Health Sciences	15,229,919
2009	Red Wolf Den Apartments	11,256,860
2013-14	Sorority Housing	9,926,479
2009	Honors Residence Hall	9,103,722
2005	Family Student Housing, Phase II	8,250,000
2003	Family Student Housing, Phase I	7,500,000
2013-14	Honors Living Learning Community	7,131,508
2009	Delta Center for Economic Development	6,999,337
2010	STEM/ROTC Living Learning Residence Hall	5,841,780
2002	Parking Deck	5,540,114
2002	Fieldhouse	3,797,400
2004	Track Complex	3,113,000
2007	Childhood Services Day Care Center	1,700,000
2002	Soccer Complex	269,540
2006	Cooper Alumni Center	Private - Undisclosed