Part two of this construction tour of Xavier University's $115 million James E. Hoff Academic Quadrangle shows the new Learning Commons on and the new central utility plant on , both scheduled to open in 2010.

Part of a new 9.5-acre campus entrance that also includes a new building for the Williams College of Business, the five-story, 84,000 Learning Commons will house the university's Information Resource Center, the Center for Teaching Excellence, the Center for Student Excellence, Honors Seminar, the Center for Community Engaged Learning, and the Pedagogical Institute for Jesuit Education.

Open 24/7 for students, faculty and staff, the building will also include a 200-seat auditorium, offices, classrooms, and informal meeting spaces.

At approximately 30,000 square feet, the central utility plant will deliver more efficient and environmentally-friendly power to the campus.

All buildings in the Hoff Academic Quad are being constructed to LEED Silver standards.

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Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott are the project architects, and Messer Construction Co. is the construction contractor.

A second phase of the project, renovations to McDonald Library, Alter Hall and Schott Hall, will begin in 2010 and be completed in 2012.

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Previous reading on BC:
Hoff Academic Quad photo update, 5/9/09, Part I (5/19/09)
Work progressing at Xavier's Hoff site (12/16/08)
Xavier moving forward with Hoff, Xavier Square (3/19/08)