2008 Woodie Awards
Campus Crest needs to get their stuff together
STAFF EDITORIAL
Issue date: 11/5/07 Section: Opinion
WHEN SOMETHING SOUNDS too good to be true, it usually is. This could very well be said about The Grove.
It would be hard to blame any on-campus decision maker for the problems that came with The Grove's expansion to our campus. With all available information, the decision to bring The Grove to USA seemed like a no-brainer.
Several other college campuses around the nation also bought into the hype that was The Grove. Campus Crest had six Grove projects in construction this year, according to Campus Crest's Web site. Prior to this year, there were only four Groves around the nation.
This year was also the first year Campus Crest experienced wide-spread difficulties with their housing units. The stories of broken promises, delayed opening and initial unfavorable living conditions were not just being told at The Grove at the University of South Alabama. Similar stories were also being told by students at Abilene, Texas, and Ellensburg, Wash.
Delayed move ins and disappointments seemed to be a common theme at several of The Grove housing units built this year. Now, lawsuits can be added to this list.
Recently a class action suit was filed against The Grove at USA for misrepresenting the terms of the lease. As it turns out, students living at The Grove do have to follow on-campus rules and regulations.
In Abilene, Texas, The Grove was sued for another reason: non-payment to subcontractors. The courts in Abilene have placed a half-a-million-dollar lien against The Grove on behalf of three subcontractors who claim that they never received payment for their services. Additionally, a subcontractor working on The Grove in Mobile has also complained of The Grove failing to pay them for their work.
Campus Crest plans to build seven more Groves this coming year. Plus, they will expand their complex on USA's campus. Just hopefully they have their stuff together this time and handle their workload. If not, we are sure to hear about more Grove woes again this time next year.
It would be hard to blame any on-campus decision maker for the problems that came with The Grove's expansion to our campus. With all available information, the decision to bring The Grove to USA seemed like a no-brainer.
Several other college campuses around the nation also bought into the hype that was The Grove. Campus Crest had six Grove projects in construction this year, according to Campus Crest's Web site. Prior to this year, there were only four Groves around the nation.
This year was also the first year Campus Crest experienced wide-spread difficulties with their housing units. The stories of broken promises, delayed opening and initial unfavorable living conditions were not just being told at The Grove at the University of South Alabama. Similar stories were also being told by students at Abilene, Texas, and Ellensburg, Wash.
Delayed move ins and disappointments seemed to be a common theme at several of The Grove housing units built this year. Now, lawsuits can be added to this list.
Recently a class action suit was filed against The Grove at USA for misrepresenting the terms of the lease. As it turns out, students living at The Grove do have to follow on-campus rules and regulations.
In Abilene, Texas, The Grove was sued for another reason: non-payment to subcontractors. The courts in Abilene have placed a half-a-million-dollar lien against The Grove on behalf of three subcontractors who claim that they never received payment for their services. Additionally, a subcontractor working on The Grove in Mobile has also complained of The Grove failing to pay them for their work.
Campus Crest plans to build seven more Groves this coming year. Plus, they will expand their complex on USA's campus. Just hopefully they have their stuff together this time and handle their workload. If not, we are sure to hear about more Grove woes again this time next year.
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Tim Denson
posted 3/23/08 @ 11:10 PM CST
I too share the same idea. Promises of well built apartments, gated community and many other amenities were told to me. I currently live @ the grove in Jacksonville, Al and the only thing good is its close to campus. (Continued…)
L Wancura
posted 5/01/08 @ 10:30 PM CST
i currently live at the grove in greeley, co, and it is the absolute worst place to live. every day there is a new problem with the place, and the staff is rarely helpful. (Continued…)
LisaInGreeley
posted 5/13/08 @ 4:25 AM CST
Ok L W...I don't live at the Grove but I'm looking at it, and none of your info was helpful. So, it all works now, why tell me not to live there?
Don't complain so much, you should take a walk around Greeley and see where some low income kids live that are in school on financial aid, ok? How about the meatpacking slaughterhouse neighborhoods that stink like boiling cow blood off animal corpses? YAH, that's like ONE MILE north of school, I know kids that could care less about the pool working. (Continued…)
jessica lackey
posted 10/13/08 @ 10:51 AM CST
I lived at the grove in nacogdoches, and it was absolutely horrible. They delayed our move in date twice, the apartment was not even clean (one of my roomies'bathtub resembled a small sandbox), the furniture was already scratched, there was food already in the fridge. (Continued…)
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