Judge sides with UMass Lowell in contract dispute (Boston Globe)

By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff A state Superior Court judge has ruled that the University of Massachusetts Lowell did not violate public bidding laws when it awarded a $20 million student housing project to a local developer, overturning a ruling...

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Greensburg Tuesday takes - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Greensburg Tuesday takes Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA Be careful what you wish for: South Greensburg residents want borough council to adopt a college student-housing ordinance. But caution is warranted. A student-housing ordinance in Greensburg is facing not one but two court challenges. ...

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IPFW starts work to add dorms (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

IPFW is inching closer to lobbying the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to lift a policy that prevents the university from housing more than 10 percent of its student body. Photo caption: Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne and city officials break ground on the third phase of the college's student housing Friday as workers from Northeast Indiana Building Trades, right, ...

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Seminole County Commission approves Northview complex plan - Central Florida Future

Seminole County Commission approves Northview complex plan Central Florida Future, FL - 28 minutes ago He said UCF has been a good neighbor, but putting student housing in Seminole County is where the line ends. "I think that student housing is inappropriate ...

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UCF student-housing complex goes to vote (Orlando Sentinel)

County commissioners will vote tonight on a student-housing proposal near the University of Central Florida. Northview, a mixed-use proposal from the UCF Foundation and AHG Group, includes housing for about 600 students, a student community center and retail space on 25 acres near McCulloch Road and Lockwood Boulevard. The nearby Carillon community objects to the housing component of the ...

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City suing Burton-Katzman - Dearborn Press and Guide

City suing Burton-Katzman Dearborn Press and Guide, MI - 7 hours ago "They had some talks with (developer) Ned Hakim about a hotel, then the student housing idea surfaced, but nothing got done." O'Reilly said the $1.5 million ...

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Florida A&M University settles lawsuit (Tallahassee Democrat)

The three-year-old lawsuit between Florida A&M University and local businessman Hurley Booth Jr. has been settled out of court, according to attorneys for both parties. FAMU agreed to pay Booth $1.5 million.

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Neighbors make last-minute proposal before Lexington Elementary is sold for GVSU housing (The Grand Rapids Press)

GRAND RAPIDS -- A plan to sell Lexington Elementary to a developer who wants to convert the shuttered school into student housing was stalled Monday after a neighborhood group submitted a late bid to convert it into a community center....

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• West Peoria housing plan draws protest - WHOI

• West Peoria housing plan draws protest WHOI, IL - 5 hours ago Many were there to debate a proposed student housing complex on West Heading Avenue at the former St. Joseph's Home. Oxbow Development Corporation wants the ...

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City Hall to Small (WEEK-TV Peoria)

Plans for a student housing project in West Peoria have some residents taking their concerns to City Hall. City officials are looking into re-zoning Cross Baptist Church so they can sell their building to a developer. But folks against the project say the developer's plans for the property does not fit in their community.

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