University of Massachusetts Amherst Undergraduate and Graduate Family Housing Project

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The project involves the housing facilities for undergraduate and graduate families in the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The housing project includes modern, apartment-style housing along Massachusetts Avenue for approximately 600 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students and the replacement of about 120 aging graduate family housing units in North Amherst with contemporary, two-bedroom units.Site development for the Massachusetts Avenue project will require the demolition of Lincoln Apartments.  North Village Apartments, at the North Amherst site, will also be completely demolished to make way for the construction of new graduate family housing. The new housing at both sites will replace facilities that, because of their age and condition, are not suitable for renovation.During construction, the university will adopt a number of measures to make up for the temporary loss of parking in Lots 32 and 34. Options include construction of new spaces and converting Visitors Center spaces, pay-by-cell spaces, and metered spaces to permit parking. Upon completion of the project, a net gain in parking spaces is projected.