Public tours of the new Julia A. Sears Residence Hall at Minnesota State University, Mankato will be Wednesday, Aug. 6.
Tours will be offered to students, faculty, staff and members of the public from 11:30 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. The four-story, suite-style Sears Hall is on West Road on the west edge of campus; free parking is available in Lot 13 next to Carkoski Commons.
The building will house 608 students in “semi-suites.” Each semi-suite – two bedrooms connected by a full bathroom – provides residents with privacy and convenience.
The building also includes roomy kitchens and contemporary lounges for each of the 15 hall communities, seven laundry rooms, a multi-purpose community space, wide hallways and open staircases, a grill/deli dining area, a convenience store, wireless Internet in common areas, maple doors and cabinets, and two acres of landscaped green spaces.
Construction innovations make the building 30 percent more energy efficient than required by the Minnesota energy building code.
None of the building costs are funded by tax dollars; revenue for the project is from revenue bonds, which are being repaid from student housing fees.
Sears is the university’s fourth residence complex, increasing residential capacity to 3,500 of the university’s 14,800 students. The building is named for Julia A. Sears, who served as Mankato State Normal School principal in 1872 and 1873.
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