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Summary
Tufts is posting some impressive numbers as it expands on-campus undergraduate housing, adding 734 beds on the Medford/Somerville campus—the equivalent of five Sophia Gordon Halls—between 2016 and fall 2023. And there’s more housing coming as Blakeley Hall is repurposed to welcome over 100 undergraduates in the fall of 2025, and the university will be submitting plans to the City of Medford for a new residence hall for 398 students on Boston Avenue across from Joyce Cummings Center and the Medford/Tufts MBTA Green Line stationVariety of housing options and sustainable design and construction are also essential in that narrative, says Ruth Bennett, senior director of capital projects.
Both the renovated Blakeley Hall and the new Boston Avenue residence hall will connect directly to Tufts’ central energy plant for heating, cooling, and power, making that plant even more efficient. The new residence hall design encompasses two buildings connected by a central glass tower. The current design has an enclosed lobby that will offer additional interior space and lessen sound traveling into the neighborhood.
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