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Tenants, forced from Dell House, react to University plan
Issue date: 10/18/07
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Residents of the Dell House will have to vacate their apartments by Feb. 1, 2008 as Hopkins looks to relocate faculty members displaced by the two-year renovation of Gilman Hall, according to University officials.
Though the University decided last spring that offices would have to be moved to the Dell House, residents of the apartment building have yet to be officially informed.
"Residents will receive official notices either Thursday or Friday," said Dennis O'Shea, Hopkins' executive director of communications and public affairs. "The notification letters are being proof-read right now."
Residents of the Dell House are upset that they still have not been officially informed.
"My main issue is that I was totally unaware of this until I read last week's News-Letter article," said Damiano Sandri, a Dell House resident. Sandri, originally from Italy, is a graduate student in the Economics department and has lived in the Dell House since 2004.
Following last week's report in the News-Letter, Sandri called Johns Hopkins Real Estate to find out more about the situation.
"I called their office last Thursday," he said. "They told me they had heard of plans to move offices to the Dell House, but that they had nothing definite to tell us."
"I haven't received any notification," said Tricia Merkel, a junior public health major and resident of the Dell House.
"I'm upset Hopkins didn't make sure the residents were informed," Jemma Alarcon, a junior public health major, said. "Because many of us are students as well as residents, and because Hopkins owns the building, I expected the University would have gotten in touch with us sooner."
Alarcon also had heard nothing official until the publication of last week's News-Letter article.
"The manager of the Dell House had told me of the possibility," she said. "She said she would have more information this week."
O'Shea explained that Hopkins Real Estate, which obtains facilities to meet the space needs of the university, found out less than a month ago that Feb. 1 would be the official date.
Though the University decided last spring that offices would have to be moved to the Dell House, residents of the apartment building have yet to be officially informed.
"Residents will receive official notices either Thursday or Friday," said Dennis O'Shea, Hopkins' executive director of communications and public affairs. "The notification letters are being proof-read right now."
Residents of the Dell House are upset that they still have not been officially informed.
"My main issue is that I was totally unaware of this until I read last week's News-Letter article," said Damiano Sandri, a Dell House resident. Sandri, originally from Italy, is a graduate student in the Economics department and has lived in the Dell House since 2004.
Following last week's report in the News-Letter, Sandri called Johns Hopkins Real Estate to find out more about the situation.
"I called their office last Thursday," he said. "They told me they had heard of plans to move offices to the Dell House, but that they had nothing definite to tell us."
"I haven't received any notification," said Tricia Merkel, a junior public health major and resident of the Dell House.
"I'm upset Hopkins didn't make sure the residents were informed," Jemma Alarcon, a junior public health major, said. "Because many of us are students as well as residents, and because Hopkins owns the building, I expected the University would have gotten in touch with us sooner."
Alarcon also had heard nothing official until the publication of last week's News-Letter article.
"The manager of the Dell House had told me of the possibility," she said. "She said she would have more information this week."
O'Shea explained that Hopkins Real Estate, which obtains facilities to meet the space needs of the university, found out less than a month ago that Feb. 1 would be the official date.
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