Pound Hall will house University of Nebraska-Lincoln students again this year.
Three years after plans were first announced to close down the high-rise dormitory at 513 N. 17th St., Pound will remain open this fall, the university said Friday in a news release.
of Pound for about 200 students, while , including 75 freshmen, on 10 of Pound's 12 floors.
While UNL will continue to accept housing contracts through August, Sue Gildersleeve, director of University Housing, estimated 11 of the 12 floors will be used this year.
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Gildersleeve estimates between 6,500 and 6,600 students will live in university housing this year.
Reopening Pound, built in 1963, comes despite several on- and off-campus student apartments opening in recent years.
Since 2010, three suite-style resident halls east of 17th and R streets have opened to UNL students, while five apartment complexes near campus -- the 50/50, Canopy Lofts, Parkhaus, Latitude and Prime Place -- have opened.
Two more off-campus apartment complexes, Aspen Heights near Antelope Valley and 8N Lofts in the South Haymarket, are scheduled to open this fall.
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