{"680952":{"#nid":"680952","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Construction Begins on Curran Street Residence Hall ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the first time in 20 years, Georgia Tech is building a new residence hall.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA groundbreaking for the Curran Street Residence Hall took place Wednesday, March 5, on the west side of campus. The new housing facility is intended for first-year students and will rise along Northside Drive between Eighth and Ninth streets.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe 191,000-square-foot building will contain around 860 beds with rooms configured for double occupancy. The project is scheduled for completion next year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the groundbreaking, students and campus leaders celebrated the milestone for campus growth. President \u00c1ngel Cabrera noted the role campus housing often plays in the student experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI travel across the country talking to alumni and the one place they all start in reflecting on their time at Georgia Tech is their first-year dorm,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERecent graduate Amanda Johnston and current undergraduate Ethan Morlu also spoke at the event, as did Kasey Helton, associate vice president for Campus Services; Luoluo Hong, vice president for Student Engagement and Well-Being; and Randy Simon, director of Capital Planning and Space Management.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/housing.gatech.edu\/curran-street-residence-hall-groundbreaking\u0022\u003ELearn more about the project\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"full_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA groundbreaking for the Curran Street Residence Hall took place Wednesday, March 5, on the west side of campus. The new housing facility is intended for first-year students and will rise along Northside Drive between Eighth and Ninth streets.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A groundbreaking for the Curran Street Residence Hall took place Wednesday, March 5, on the west side of campus. The new housing facility is intended for first-year students and will rise along Northside Drive between Eighth and Ninth streets.\u00a0 "}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2025-03-05 23:59:59","changed_gmt":"2025-03-06 14:33:40","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-03-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676478":{"id":"676478","type":"image","title":"Curran Street Residence Hall Groundbreaking","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECurran Street Residence Hall Groundbreaking\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1741219893","gmt_created":"2025-03-06 00:11:33","changed":"1741219893","gmt_changed":"2025-03-06 00:11:33","alt":"Curran Street Residence Hall Groundbreaking","file":{"fid":"260274","name":"DSC_9065.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/05\/DSC_9065.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/03\/05\/DSC_9065.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2525317,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/03\/05\/DSC_9065.jpeg?itok=o0ZMBdTl"}}},"media_ids":["676478"],"groups":[{"id":"462651","name":"Housing"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"652360","name":"Student Engagement and Well-Being"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}