by Brendan Boundy
The completion of the Southwest Quadrangle by next fall may guarantee Georgetown students another year of on-campus housing.
“We anticipate that the number of guaranteed years for on-campus housing may change with the addition of the Southwest Quadrangle,” Admissions Counselor Nicole Arshan said.
Currently, Georgetown juniors and sophomores have only two years of guaranteed on-campus housing. Seniors and first-year students have three years of housing on campus.
“The residence hall will be completed for students to move in for the next school year,” said Assistant Vice President for Communications Julie Green Bataille. “It is designed as a facility for sophomores so this year’s freshmen will be the first class of students to have the opportunity to live there,” Bataille said.
With the additional housing capacity of 780 students, Georgetown students could potentially be guaranteed at least three years of on-campus housing. However, according to Arshan, the current housing policy will remain in effect until the completion of the Southwest Quadrangle Project.
The Southwest Quad was created as part of the University’s 10-Year Plan which must be approved by the Board of Zoning and Adjustment. Construction began in the summer of 2000. The completed facilities will include student housing, a new dining area, a Jesuit residence and a parking garage.
According to the Georgetown University website, the new dormitory will include three inter-connected buildings housing between 250 and 300 students each. Similar to current Georgetown dormitories, the Southwest Quadrangle will include multi-purpose space, laundry facilities, both single- and double-occupancy rooms, accommodations for chaplains- and Jesuits-in-residence and classrooms.
The new dining hall will serve 1,200 students and eventually replace the New South dining facility, which has been designated student space due to the efforts of the Georgetown University Student Association, Vice President of Student Affairs Juan Gonzalez and other administrators.
Also included in the Southwest Quadrangle Project is an underground parking garage designed to accommodate up to 815 cars. The garage will include a facility for Georgetown University transportation services.
An expanded Jesuit residence is also under construction and will include public and private space, a chapel, and a greater capacity to care for elderly Jesuits.
