New Haven Approves Two New Residential Colleges at Yale University

November 17, 2011

Today the City Plan Commission of New Haven approved the site plan for Yale’s 13^th and 14^th residential colleges.  The two new colleges will house more than 800 additional undergraduates, and each will include a common room, dining hall, library, academic offices, and recreational spaces.  Carrying forward the spirit of Rogers's Gothic, the colleges are designed as fraternal twins, similar in size and palette but each enjoying its own identity and organization. 

“Following this detailed plan approval by the city, the University now will work with its architects to complete the construction plans and specifications for the two new colleges, all of which is the normal course for any project,” Michael Morand, Director ofState Communications, Strategy and Special Projects wrote in an email to the Yale Daily News Thursday evening.

The two new colleges will be located north of the Grove Street Cemetery in the triangle comprised of Prospect, Canal, and Sachem streets. Construction is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2012 and be completed before the fall term of 2015.  The project is seeking Gold LEED™ certification