U of M opens ‘incredible’ dorm, the $57M Victory Park
The University of Memphis' new 240,000-square-foot, $56.7 million Victory Park includes apartments, recreational spaces and even a quick-service market. (Courtesy University of Memphis)
One might think the vast majority of students living on college campuses are underclassmen, and that they move into houses or apartments off-campus when they become upperclassmen.
At the University of Memphis, however, this isn’t the case.
But most upperclassmen and grad students don’t want to live in traditional dorms with two people to a room and shared bathrooms in the halls. They want to live in apartment-style dorms, and in recent years, the U of M hasn’t had enough units to accommodate all of them.
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John Klyce
John Klyce is an enterprise reporter with The Daily Memphian who writes a wide range of in-depth features, as well as profiles about local leaders, scientists, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs, and anyone else doing exciting and important work in this city. He previously spent four years with the Memphis Business Journal, where he covered public companies, startups, and innovation, and a fifth year with The Commercial Appeal, where he covered education, and chronicled how gun violence and poverty were affecting Memphis youth and their families. He has also been a fellow with the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. John has a B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Boston University.
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