Massive exterior pillars will be erected to support the flat roof. The Leavey project also will include new restrooms, an elevator, acoustics and sound and lighting systems at 5,000-seat Toso Pavilion. Plans also have been developed for new bleachers, flooring and a new, larger outdoor swimming pool, but these projects are dependent on the success of additional fund-raising efforts. The summer of 2000, however, will be a summer without swimming at the Leavey center. Even if the pool reconstruction does not occur, the pool will be closed for the summer to replace the decking and resurface the pool bottom, according to Joe Sugg, facilities director.
Plans call for one room per resident, with four residents sharing a kitchen and living room.
The new residence hall is located on Bellomy Street west of Casa Italiana. The new residence hall also advances the goal of creating integrated learning communities on campus. In addition to housing, the facility also will include a classroom, technology room, multi-purpose room, seminar rooms, and space for faculty and guest scholars. It will also provide office space for the East Side Project and the Bannan Institute for Jesuit Education and Christian Values. In January 2000, Housing and Residence Life will invite current sophomores and juniors to complete housing applications to be the first residents in the new building.