Neighborhood Advisories

Rice Studies Renovation of Existing Graduate Apartments on Shakespeare
(Posted June 2006)

As reported at the university’s regular quarterly meeting with neighborhood leaders in May, Rice is considering upgrades to existing university-owned apartment buildings on the north side of Shakespeare Street near Morningside (2402, 2406, 2410, and 2414 Shakespeare, currently used as graduate student housing).  The Rice Board of Trustees has neither considered nor voted on any such project, so there currently is no authorization nor budget, but because there continues to be a need for graduate housing at this site, and because the maintenance costs and usability of the existing 1950’s buildings compare unfavorably to those of a new facility, the university has begun to study options for replacing the existing structures with newer graduate student apartments. Please direct any questions to the Office of Community & Government Relations.