The University
“ [ The project ] offers possibilities to decompress some buildings that are overcrowded right now.”
- Bruce Brown, of UW Facilities Planning and Management
“ For Students, it would be another hub of activity and life that would make them feel more connected to campus ...The facility will benefit students by providing a central, visible, place to locate student groups.”
- Jeff Schiller, a student and chair of the Student Activities Center Committee
“The idea was to create a new front door to the university”
- Gary Brown, the director of campus planning and landscape architecture
( one of the two university staff members who played central roles in managing the recent construction)
“ We wanted to link where people lived, and where they were coming from, to where they needed to go.”
- Julie B. Grove, the university architect and project manager
- Bruce Brown, of UW Facilities Planning and Management
“ For Students, it would be another hub of activity and life that would make them feel more connected to campus ...The facility will benefit students by providing a central, visible, place to locate student groups.”
- Jeff Schiller, a student and chair of the Student Activities Center Committee
“The idea was to create a new front door to the university”
- Gary Brown, the director of campus planning and landscape architecture
( one of the two university staff members who played central roles in managing the recent construction)
“ We wanted to link where people lived, and where they were coming from, to where they needed to go.”
- Julie B. Grove, the university architect and project manager
Project Developers
“ I think this a very prominent block as it relates to the University” ... “ You want to have something really special here.”
- Greg Rice, Executive Management Inc.
“We’re seeing this shift away from single-family homes and condos from young, affluent people who love the quality of life that Madison has to offer, but are not ready to make a permanent commitments.”
- Brad Binkowski of the development firm Urban Land Interests
- Greg Rice, Executive Management Inc.
“We’re seeing this shift away from single-family homes and condos from young, affluent people who love the quality of life that Madison has to offer, but are not ready to make a permanent commitments.”
- Brad Binkowski of the development firm Urban Land Interests
Government
“ It is a very, very exciting project which will renovate what [the city] sees as a retired area ...It’s going to bring retail, residential and office space to an area that needs all those uses.”
- Ryan Mulcahy, Mayoral Spokesman
“University Square adds density and activities to an area that was really underutilized” ... “The project really made this area come alive because it complements what’s close by.”
- Susan A. Springman, a senior project manager at Mullins Group, and president of Executive Management when University Square was being reconstructed
- Ryan Mulcahy, Mayoral Spokesman
“University Square adds density and activities to an area that was really underutilized” ... “The project really made this area come alive because it complements what’s close by.”
- Susan A. Springman, a senior project manager at Mullins Group, and president of Executive Management when University Square was being reconstructed