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- Groundbreaking: September 2006
- Completion: Early 2008
- Architect: Sasaki Associates Inc.
- Located next to Alumni Gym, across from Pettengill Hall and bordering Central Avenue
- 60,000 square feet — about the size of the entire current Chase Hall facility — and features the second-largest footprint of any campus building after Merrill Gym
- Harmonizes with traditional Bates architecture by incorporating brick, granite, slate, copper and glass
- Preserves the distinctive Bates experience of a single, central dining hall where students, faculty and staff can dine together
- Offers a main dining area to accommodate 754 seats
- Features a signature fireplace lounge for students to meet and chat from early morning until late at night
- Wireless network access throughout the building
Includes mezzanine dining with 200 seats overlooking the main dining area to provide a place for use in peak times, for those who want a quieter spot to eat, and for student groups to meet
- Includes an emporium that opens early and closes late to provide light snacks and pre-packaged food
- Includes five new meeting spaces for student groups, alumni, faculty
and staff
- Features the “marketplace” model of serving where Dining Services staff prepare meals at various stations, in full view, which will eliminate lines
- Gives Dining Services staff proper kitchen facilities designed for efficient preparation of the 4,800 meals served every day
- Increases the amount of cold and dry storage spaces to achieve savings through the bulk purchase of food
- Features complete exterior landscaping
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