A new Student Village III and renovations to Myles Standish Hall were proposed at the Institutional Task Force meeting on Wednesday.
“This is the first of many meetings before the Institutional master plan is accepted,” said Colin Riley, a BU spokesman, in a phone interview.
Riley said the Master Plan Notification form, which was published on Dec. 21, marks the earliest stage of the process.
“This was the first public meeting,” he said. “There will be additional meetings throughout the year before the institutional master plan is presented to the [Boston Redevelopment Authority] for approval.”
The notification form stated BU will see a “total rehabilitation” to Myles Standish Hall and Myles Standish Annex, home to 660 and 100 students respectively.
The notification form stated Myles would undergo a minor expansion of 20,000 feet when it is refurbished. Despite the addition, Myles would house fewer beds after the renovations.
The changes should bring Myles up to current housing standards and make it a more appealing option for on-campus student housing, according to the notification form.
The Community Task Force suggested renovations to Myles and the construction of a Student Village III as projects that should go in the 2012 Master Plan, according to a Nov. 17 article by The Daily Free Press.
BU Community Task Force Student Representative Prutha Patel told The DFP in November construction for StuVi 3 will likely start before the Myles renovations because the new Student Village will help curb the rising demand for on-campus housing.
Construction for the 11-story residence hall would take place where the parking lot is between 33 Harry Agganis Way and 10 Buick Street, the addresses of StuVi 2 and StuVi 1 respectively, according to the notification form. The new Student Village would house up to 523 students.
Other notable construction plans include a complete renovation of the School of Law and a new field at 278 Babcock St., the repurposing of the parking lot at 645-665 Commonwealth Ave. and a building in place of the parking lot on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Granby Street.
The 46-year-old Law building’s systems have nearly reached the end of their “lifetime,” the notification form stated. The building will also get an addition of 125,000 square feet.
The task force has neither officially approved the renovations nor estimated when they will begin.
“After [the Master Plan] is accepted there are meetings on each project we do that go into detail about design, about construction timetables, about impact and mitigation,” Riley said.
