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Southern Methodist University
Residential Commons
The Residential Commons model represents Commons includes faculty in residence—
a new direction in SMU student housing. expanding opportunities for learning, informal
Featuring 1,250 beds, a 505-seat dining interactions and mentoring. Each of the new
commons and an 800-car parking garage, 250-bed buildings includes a student services student housing
the Residential Commons enables SMU facility, classrooms and seminar rooms, offices,
to implement its new requirement that faculty housing, administrative and support
sophomores live on campus, and facilitate functions, and other amenities. The project
the transitional integration of academics and achieved LEED Gold certification for all six
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