IMMEDIATE MAY 27, 2004

ABAC PLACE APARTMENTS FILLING UP FAST

TIFTON—Almost 500 of the 835 available rooms have been reserved for the fall term at the brand new ABAC Place apartments at Abraham Baldwin College.

Vice President for Student and Enrollment Services Tom Call said students who wish to live in the $32 million complex, which features fully furnished private rooms for all students, should get their housing applications in the pipeline.

“Reservations are moving along really well,” Call said. “We receive 10 to 15 new reservations a day. We are encouraging people to register early because we are expecting to be full this fall.”

The ABAC Foundation sponsored the mammoth project, which is the largest privatized housing development at a two-year college in the United States. Most of the units are four-bedroom, two-bath with a completely furnished kitchen and living area.

Each bedroom is equipped with a double bed, desk, chair, a chest of drawers, extra storage space underneath the bed, a closet, and a ceiling fan. Students can also access the internet and cable television in their rooms. Each room also has a phone jack.

The kitchen includes a microwave, stove, oven, refrigerator, and garbage disposal. Students who live at ABAC Place are not required to purchase a meal ticket although optional meal plans will be available for on-campus dining.

Call said students will be asked to sign a 12-month lease with a cost ranging from $345 to $360 per month. This price covers all utilities.

“The best thing about these apartments is that students are right in the center of the campus,” Call said. “Since the apartments are fully furnished, students can move right in with their clothes, kitchen utensils, and their televisions.”

Call said all ABAC students must live on campus unless they are 21 years of age or older, they have accumulated 30 or more semester hours, they are married, they have children, or they live less than 50 miles away from the college.

“An extra bonus for these students is that we now have the Town Hall open,” Call said. “I think that place is going to be one of the gathering spots on campus.”

The Town Hall is a 10,000 square foot facility which includes a game room, exercise room, wide screen television viewing area, a computer room, a meeting room, and coming soon, a convenience store. Just outside the Town Hall is a white sand volleyball court. Grills and a gazebo will also be added on the Pedestrian Mall which will run through the middle of ABAC Place.

ABAC Place opened in January when 200 students from Chandler Hall moved into the facility. Chandler Hall was demolished to make way for the remainder of the project. Fulwood, Mitchell, and Branch halls will be demolished in the fall. Former residents of those buildings will be living in ABAC Place when classes begin on Aug. 23 for the fall term.

For more information about living in ABAC Place, interested students can contact Place Properties in the Town Hall at (229) 391-2500.

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