Luxury student apartments are marketed to college students in the Syracuse area as better alternatives to dorm life, with amenities like 24-hour gyms, free campus shuttles or even a lounge named after Syracuse University men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim.

But as hundreds of SU students move into these apartments next month, 82 future tenants at The Marshall, a new, eight-story building towering over Marshall Street, will have to temporarily live elsewhere because of construction delays.

The apartments were expected to be completed by the start of the fall 2018 semester, but tenants will be forced to move in two to three weeks late, said Jennifer Powell, a spokesperson for The Marshall. Winter weather and utility company delays caused the construction hold up, she said.

The Marshall will provide Uber gift cards and packing and moving services to residents affected by the delays, Powell said. SU is working with The Marshall to provide apartment-style housing on campus for the displaced tenants, she added.

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In a statement, Sarah Scalese, SU’s senior associate vice president for communications, said Aptitude Development, the New Jersey-based real estate company developing The Marshall, is communicating directly with students impacted by the construction delay.

“Because our students’ well-being is our top priority, we have agreed to help identify interim housing options,” Scalese said.

Powell did not respond to an additional request for comment asking whether tenants will have to pay for temporary housing.

Construction on The Marshall in February 2018. Madeline Foreman | Staff Photographer

The 82 tenants affected by the delays make up 28 percent of The Marshall’s 287-bed capacity. The apartment complex will include additional retail space on its ground floor.

SU alumni Jared Hutter and Brian Rosen created Syracuse 727 LLC, the company that would oversee The Marshall project, in 2016. To make room for the apartments, the Syracuse Planning Commission approved the demolition of a string of businesses on South Crouse Avenue, including Hungry Chuck’s Cafe, Funk ‘n Waffles and Orange Crate Brewing Co.

Chuck’s, a bar frequented by SU students, was forced to close in April 2017. Steve Theobald, owner of Chuck’s, originally planned to move into The Marshall’s retail space, but Hutter has said that the bar will not be a tenant. Blaze Pizza, a fast-casual pizza chain based in California, is one of the businesses confirmed to move in as a future tenant.

While owned by Hutter and Rosen, The Marshall is managed by Pinnacle Campus Living, which oversees 32 other student housing projects across the country.

The Marshall is Hutter and Rosen’s second development in the University Hill area. They worked with Boeheim and another SU alumnus in 2015 to create #BLVD404, a luxury student apartment building at 404 University Ave. That property, which includes the “Jim Boeheim Hall of Fame Lounge,” was sold to American Campus Communities, a massive student housing corporation that later renamed the property U Point.

Published on July 19, 2018 at 2:05 pm

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