• The University of Washington is undergoing a dormitory makeover, opening the first new student housing since the 1970s.
• The $201 million project on the southwest side of the Seattle campus is intended to soak up some of the demand that has long been met by the private sector, a situation that has not always thrilled city residents who live around the university.
• Thousands of rooms and apartments are included in the project along with a grocery store that is open to the public but targets the student market and a student fitness center. One old high-rise dorm has been razed, and another is slated to go in early 2014.

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Before last year, the newest residence hall on the University of Washington's main campus had opened when Richard Nixon was president and "American Pie" by Don McLean was one of the year's top radio hits. ...