College Towns Are Building, But Not for Students
The are aimed at young professional instead.
The New York Times reports.
College Towns Get New Housing, but It’s Decidedly Not Dorms
PHILADELPHIA — A block from Drexel University, a glassy new rental building offers residents a roof deck with a heated saltwater pool, a fire pit and outdoor televisions — amenities that would make for a raucous college party, if college students could live there.
But the 28-story tower at 3601 Market Street was not built to house any of Drexel’s 16,900 undergraduates. Nor is it intended for the 10,400 undergraduates studying at nearby University of Pennsylvania.
Instead, it aims to attract young professionals — junior faculty, office workers and young doctors — to live in University City, a West Philadelphia neighborhood that is also home to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
College Towns Get New Housing, but It’s Decidedly Not Dorms (The New York Times)