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Roosevelt University has filed a zoning application to build an academic and student center that will double–to roughly 640 beds–the dormitory space at the Herman Crown Center it will replace at 421-25 S. Wabash Ave., the
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The Crown Center was “de-commissioned” as a residence Dec. 31 after university officials determined that it would cost more to install the mandatory sprinkler system that the outdated building was worth.
Cost of the 32-story replacement is $130 million. Ground would be broken midsummer with a fall 2011 opening.
