About a year after announcing intentions to shutter and sell its “last-chosen and first-transferred-from” Mayflower Residence Hall, the University of Iowa has taken it off the market — citing “immense interest from returning and prospective students” to live on campus.
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The University of Iowa will keep housing students in its 56-year-old Mayflower Residence Hall — at least for one more year — despite having announced a year ago plans to sell the “last-chosen and first-transferred-from residence hall.”
Having gone years without a property-value assessment – given its tax-exempt status as state owned – the University of Iowa’s for-sale Mayflower Residence Hall over the summer received an updated evaluation that, on a preliminary basis, valued it at $30.7 million.
“The health and safety of students is a priority at the University of Iowa, and many students enjoy opening their windows in their living spaces for fresh air,” UI spokesman Chris Brewer told The Gazette.
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