MSU appears to be one step closer to a replacement for Spartan Village Apartments with the announcement last week of a replacement site for the family housing, which has long been eyed for demolition.
The replacement site has been proposed at the old Michigan State Police post, which students may recognize as the vacant lots across from the Breslin Student Events Center near Harrison Road and Kalamazoo Street.
In a statement, officials said the apartments, built in 1956, had “outlived their useful life,” and after approval from the Board of Trustees, began an “in-depth feasibility study that engaged students, residents and other university and community stakeholders” to determine what site would be best for future apartments.
The statement said officials hope to seek Board of Trustees approval for the plan by 2015, and to complete construction on the new apartments by 2017.
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