Regents Approve New Dorm on Van Ness Site

At its December meeting in Birmingham, the regents approved the construction of a new undergraduate residence hall on the Van Ness Hall site. The new residence hall, which will accommodate between 109 and 114 students, follows the principles of the 2013 facilities master plan in adding residence hall capacity near the center of campus.

The firm of Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas of Norfolk, Va., which designed Smith Hall as well as the recent undergraduate theme house complexes on Georgia and Mississippi avenues, has provided a schematic design. Street Dixon Rick, the Nashville firm that most recently worked on the Cannon Hall renovation and on Smith Hall, will handle the balance of the design work. American Constructors, which built Smith Hall and has done work for Vanderbilt and the University School of Nashville, will handle construction. 

The facility is planned to be open for fall 2016.