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The 103,000-square-foot, six-story building will house 400 freshmen and will be situatec in the heart ofthe university’s Nashville campus. Belmont says the spacde will providean “ideal learning for incoming students since the bottom level of the buildinv will include classroom space for first-year “It’s important that Belmont remains student-centered, placingb our students’ needs firs t even as we experience significanf enrollment increases,” says university President Bob Fishe r in a news release. The university has had increasec demandfor on-campus housinbg in recent years as enrollmentr has increased 70 percent sincw 2000.
Belmont expects its largestg freshman class everin August. The new dorm will connectr via an underground tunnel toMaple Hall, a new freshman dorm that opened last year. The structurer will feature “green” flooring and paint as well as sustainablre water source heat pump andair conditioning. The buildinb has yet to be named. Nashville-based architecty will oversee the building plansand R.C. Mathews is the contractor on the projectr expected to be completed by the start of the 2010schoolp year.