Ann V. Nicholson Student Apartments

Built: 2002 | Type: student residences

• Quick Facts

• • Ground-Breaking Ceremony: April 18, 2001
  • Structure Completion: August 2002
  • Cost: $21 million
  • Architect: Demarest & Associates Architects
  • Construction: Capstone Development Corporation
  • Funding: Over $160,000 of rebate funds from the Consumers Energy incentives program
  • Specifications: 176,000 sq. ft.; series of 6 three-story Tudor-style apartments capable of housing 459 students.
  • Namesake: Ann V. Nicholson and her husband James Nicholson, Meadow Brook Society donors to the university. Ann Nicholson served on the Board of Trustees for 16 years and acted in various administrative capacities on a number of committees. The Student Apartments were renamed in her honor in 2011.
• History

Ann V. Nicholson was especially involved in service as Board Liaison of the student apartments development project on Oakland University's campus.  The student apartments provide junior and senior-level undergraduates with the opportunity to experience a quieter, more private life on campus in one of six Tudor-style, fully-furnished apartments buildings at the very edge of the campus community.

There is also a community center featuring a manager's office, lounge, two fireplaces, a game room and deck overlooking basketball and volleyball courts. There are 32 two-bedroom units, 96 four- bedroom units and three three-bedroom handicap-accessible units.

In 2003, a solar roof was installed on the community center as part of the 10 Kilowatt Photovoltaic Public Demonstration Project.