2 Atlanta HBCUs break ground on affordable student housing complex – WSB-TV

2 Atlanta HBCUs break ground on affordable student housing complex  WSB-TV

The leadership teams of Spelman and Morehouse Colleges, two Atlanta Historically Black Colleges and Universities, hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for new student housing. ATLANTA — The leadership teams of Spelman and Morehouse Colleges, two Atlanta Historically Black Colleges and Universities, hosted an official groundbreaking ceremony for new student housing. Channel 2’s Lori Wilson was at the Atlanta University Center, where leaders from both HBCUs said the development is the first of its kind of affordable student housing. The lot where the Den at 850 West is being built is usually where “Spel-house” homecoming activities take place, but in two years, it’ll be the home of almost 800 students. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] On Historic West End Avenue, construction equipment, concrete and dare are waiting to be the foundation of The Den.

At the student housing community, Morehouse and Spelman Colleges will have a joint 305 apartments, with 793 beds for students, with air conditioning to beat the Georgia heat, all affordable and all just steps away from campus. Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens was at the groundbreaking, saying the development will solve an issue being seen around most major cities. “The Den at 850 West will address a problem in Atlanta, and in most cities, that is, the cost of housing has gone up,”