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“We are so excited about Xavier Square and the superb experience it will bring to Xavier University and our neighbors,” said John Kucia, Xavier Administrative Vice President.

 “However, we don’t want to lose important traditions in the process.  Norwood Café, better known as “The Woods” holds many memories for Xavier alumni and the neighborhood.  We have saved much of the nostalgia, including the bar, and plan to incorporate those elements into a new establishment in Xavier Square,” Kucia added. 

Site preparation work will continue over the next year with actual groundbreaking of Xavier Square expected towards the end of 2008 or beginning of 2009.

Xavier is partnering with Corporex Companies, the local development company responsible for the renaissance of the Covington riverfront, The Ascent at Roebling’s Bridge and the $1 billion Ovation mixed-use project in Newport, to develop Xavier Square. Development of Xavier Square will be privately funded.

The development of Xavier Square is part of a larger campus master plan that is focused on improving the academic quality of the Xavier University campus. 

A second separate project, which will take place on the existing University campus, includes construction of the James E. Hoff Academic Quadrangle.  The Hoff Quad, named in honor of the former Xavier President and Chancellor who died in 2004, includes construction of a new facility for Xavier’s Williams College of Business and a multi-faceted Learning Commons that will create a one-stop shop of integrated academic, technical and professional services for students and faculty.

Fundraising for the Hoff Quad project is part of the University’s $200 million “To See Great Wonders” capital campaign, which began in September 2006.  In addition to the Quad, dollars raised will be allocated to the University’s annual fund, University endowment, endowed professorships and student scholarships.