N.C. A&T nears deal to buy part of apartment complex near ca

[AggiePride]

www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/n-c-a-t-nears-deal-to-buy-part-of/article_443cb688-9763-5fdd-a391-5647f498efb8.html#utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

GREENSBORO — N.C. A&T is planning to buy part of the sprawling apartment complex next to its campus, a move that will give the growing university more space to house its students.

[Jesse Jackson's Side eye]

The university is not playing games with the East Side of Greensboro. If you look at the last page of the Land Acquisition report below, you will see that A&T had their eye on this land and some other spaces adjacent to campus and along east market street.

www.ncat.edu/divisions/business-and-finance/facilities/pdf/land-acq-project-update-feb-18-fit.pdf

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When will the school buy Riverwalk?

[Jesse Jackson's Side eye]

Something tells me that may be the area the Convocation center will go on. If you look at that space (Labeld H on the map) you will see that part of that is where the new band center is going to be

[AggiePride]

May 22, 2018 19:30:15 GMT -5 Jesse Jackson's Side eye said:

The university is not playing games with the East Side of Greensboro. If you look at the last page of the Land Acquisition report below, you will see that A&T had their eye on this land and some other spaces adjacent to campus and along east market street.

www.ncat.edu/divisions/business-and-finance/facilities/pdf/land-acq-project-update-feb-18-fit.pdf

Wow! Students will be safer and have more amenities.

[AggiePride]

I wonder how much competition the university is up against from private investors in these land acquisitions.

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May 23, 2018 7:44:16 GMT -5 AggiePride said:

I wonder how much competition the university is up against from private investors in these land acquisitions.

Not much, if anything, developers want to partner with A&T because of its presence in east Greensboro.

[AggiePride]

Good. I was curious about whether a potential land grab could happen in that neighborhood between Salem and E Lindsay Streets. Although, I think the university has a good argument for the use of eminent domain.

[oleschoolaggie]

i luv it! i really like how "aggressive" dr. martin is to grow and expand our campus/enrollment. i'd like to see us put some "distance" between our enrollment compared to the 2nd largest hbcu. and dr. martin is doing it the right way, the average gpa/sat scores for our new enrollees are up. so not only are we growing, but we're also improving the quality of our students...

[JayBee]

Who is the 2nd largest HBCU, FAMU or Howard?

[oldschool]

May 23, 2018 17:50:44 GMT -5 JayBee said:

Who is the 2nd largest HBCU, FAMU or Howard?

FAMU 9909 2017

Howard 8966 2017

[AggiePride]

And what’s more impressive about our growth we are in one of the states with the most HBCUs, with NCCU with 7 to 8 k students

[marchingband1969]

May 23, 2018 18:25:05 GMT -5 AggiePride said:

And what’s more impressive about our growth we are in one of the states with the most HBCUs, with NCCU with 7 to 8 k students

You've got a good point. To continue to increase enrollment and improve GPA in a state with so much competition from HBCUs and PWIs is amazing. Dr. Martin is a rock star!