The State News story Project plan might displace half of East Village residents (SN 2/27) included incomplete information and one inaccuracy we wish to correct.
East Village will allow more students to reside closer to campus at a rent rate students can afford. The story falsely claimed student rent rates in the East Village would be similar to Campus Village, some of the most expensive student housing in the campus area. East Village rent rates will be set at market prices similar to the much lower rates offered at The Village and The Landings at Chandler Crossings.
Also absent from the story was a critical piece of information — East Village will increase the number of students who could reside in the area. Currently, 1,050 MSU students live in the project area — a number confirmed by the MSU Registrar’s Office. The East Village project proposes 1,500 new beds of undergraduate student housing and 300 units of graduate, faculty, staff and workforce housing.
Theresa Nakata
vice president of marketing and communications for Pierce Education Properties
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