{"id":61582,"date":"2019-10-24T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=61582"},"modified":"2019-10-24T11:16:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:16:05","slug":"groundbreaking-for-brocks-new-on-campus-residence-set-for-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/10\/groundbreaking-for-brocks-new-on-campus-residence-set-for-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking for Brock\u2019s new on-campus residence set for Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With demand rising for on-campus housing, Brock University will break ground on a project to build another residence on Monday, Oct. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The six-storey Residence 8 will be built beside the existing Alan Earp Residence using part of what is currently Parking Lot M. The nearly $40 million project will add more than 300 single-bed rooms, increasing Brock\u2019s on-campus housing capacity to nearly 2,800. Expected completion is the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Residence 8 will also include a new dining hall, a 24\/7 service desk for students, and a hub for Conference and Events Services, which co-ordinates dozens of large events each year, bringing thousands of guests to Brock and filling many of the residence rooms throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Following remarks from senior administrators and student leaders, a groundbreaking ceremony and photo opportunity will be held at the site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> Residence 8 groundbreaking ceremony<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> Monday, Oct. 28, 10 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> Parking Lot M (Beside Alan Earp Residence near the Glenridge Ave. entrance)<br \/>\n<strong>Parking: <\/strong>Media are asked to park in Lot E located across the roundabout from Lot M<\/p>\n<p>For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:<\/p>\n<p><strong>* Michelle Press\u00e9, <\/strong><strong>Writer\/Editor<\/strong><strong>, Brock University mpresse@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x4420<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With demand rising for on-campus housing, Brock University will break ground on a project to build another residence on Monday, Oct. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4767,1],"tags":[8382,8383,121,8384],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61582"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61583,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61582\/revisions\/61583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}