Building A Student Village For 6,000

Need a pizza or cell phone? This new student development will have it all -- including a gondola ride to campus.

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March 23, 2003, 11:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen


The 44-acre student village in Orem, Utah is projected to hold up to 6,000 students after completion. "For those in the mood for a sandwich, a tan, a new cell phone and perhaps a pizza or two -- all without leaving the apartment complex -- the future is bright... Upon completion, Parkway Crossing will be the largest student-housing complex in Orem. The cost for the first phase of three main buildings, is 23 million... Plans for the complex also include a church meetinghouse, four swimming pools, and a full-service gondola to transport students across the interstate to UVSC. Developers plan to complete the gondola by 2004."

Thanks to Bob Karrow

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 in Brigham Young University Newsnet

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