Lafayette College Expansion Tender

Location Lafayette Lafayette College is planning on expanding with new housing buildings academic rooms and dining options. The expansion is expected to be completed by 2027.Lafayette College has undertaken its own expansion projects similar to the Path to Prominence in the interest of benefiting students and faculty in the future.A new housing project is planned to be built along McCartney Street directly across from Lafayette College.This construction is projected to start in May 2019 and the building is scheduled to open fall 2020.The building will be four stories tall the upper three stories will be reserved for student residences and the ground floor will be a retail space for a bookstore and a diner.The old bookstore will be relocated from Lafayettes Student Union building into the new facilitys ground floor freeing up more room in the Student Union for other activities. The diner will be open to the entire surrounding community.The city proposed zoning amendments to the application which were then approved by the city council. When Lafayette came back with their development plans the university received approval from the planning commissions.