Georgia State University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====University Commons==== On August 10, 2007, Georgia State opened the University Commons, a US$165 million complex housing 1,992 students, occupying a city block bounded by Ellis Street, [[Piedmont Avenue (Atlanta)|Piedmont Avenue]], John Wesley Dobbs Avenue and Jesse Hill Jr. Drive.<ref name="AJC-GSU-Vibe">{{cite news|url=http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/07/24/gsudorm_0725.html |title=GSU dorm brings a youthful vibe to downtown |author=Duffy, Kevin |newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=July 25, 2007 |access-date=July 25, 2007}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> A GSU economics professor estimated the new dorm could have an economic impact of $10β12 million on [[downtown Atlanta]].<ref name="AJC-GSU-Vibe" /> The university plans to ultimately accommodate 20% of its enrollment in housing near the downtown campus.<ref name="AJC-GSU-Vibe"/> With the planned opening of University Commons, it was announced on March 7, 2007, that the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] was acquiring the Olympic Village housing, which is located across North Avenue from the institute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1295 |title=Olympic-Era Residence Halls Transferring to GA Tech |access-date=March 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315070945/http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1295 |archive-date=March 15, 2007}}</ref> In 2011, the Commons were voted "best overall dorms in the country" by DormSplash.com.<ref>{{cite news|last=Walsh Giarrusso|first=Theresa|title=Ga. State University honored by web site with 'best dorms'|url=http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2011/03/21/ga-state-university-honored-by-web-site-with-best-dorms/|access-date=June 6, 2013|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=March 21, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616004229/http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2011/03/21/ga-state-university-honored-by-web-site-with-best-dorms/|archive-date=June 16, 2013}}</ref> This was followed in 2012 by [[The Fiscal Times]] rating the Commons as some of the most luxurious dormitories in the country, rated third most "insanely luxurious."<ref>{{cite web|title=10 Public Colleges with Insanely Luxurious Dorms |url=http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2012/08/28/10-Public-Colleges-With-the-Most-Luxurious-Dorms.aspx?index=3|work=The Fiscal Times|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page