BC just acquired 23 acres of land across the street from the Newton campus where Mt. Alvernia High School used to be. This increases the size of the Newton campus by over 50%.
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/bc-news/articles/2023/fall/boston-college-acquires-mount-alvernia-property.html
Buried within this article is the nugget that BC expects to have a new institutional master plan complete in fall 2023.
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/bcnews/bc-events/convocation/university-convocation-2022.html
Given that they’re only about 2/3 of the way through their current plan (here)...
Back in the approved master plan from a decade ago, that spot was slated for the student center that’s been awaited for the last 45+ years.
This article says the student center is still the long term plan, but they’re not doing it yet because they’re focusing on the Schiller Institute (I.e. not...
Great thread, as a BC grad from 20+ years ago it’s cool to see updates. The campus is even more beautiful now than it was when I was there.
Certainly appears that way. Full collegiate gothic in the middle campus which is the core of the college, its academic buildings which are meant to last...