All rights reserved. The conversion of the 1900 block of Liacouras Walk, which will transform the strip of rowhouses into retail and Temple office spaces, is due to be completed this fall. The block will be home to a 22-bed inn and assorted retail shops. Currently, Temple officials have leases or letters of intent from PNC Bank, Pizza Hut, Baskin-Robbins, Dunkin' Donuts and a dry cleaners to open stores.
Serious discussions are ongoing for a convenience store, cellular phone store and a clothing store.
Private developers are handling the building improvements. It will be the fourth new student residence hall on the Main Campus in recent years as demand for on-campus housing soars. Keep track of the construction progression. The Student Activities Center at 13th St. and Montgomery Ave. Interior renovations to Barrack Hall, formerly College Hall, on Broad St. above Montgomery Ave., will provide additional space for the Beasley School of Law, including a lecture hall, student affairs office suite, administrative offices, student organization offices, classrooms, seminar rooms and student lounges.