WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Grace College & Seminary’s record enrollments for the past several years have resulted in a need for more on-campus housing. After completing a new dorm last August, Grace is now ready to break ground on an 80-bed townhouse-style dorm that will be completed in time for students to move in August 2014.

The dorm will be a three-story building located on the corner of Kings Highway and Seventh Street. It will feature brownstone, front and back porches, and an outdoor community space.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31. Grace president Bill Katip will be present for the ceremony, along with Dr. James Custer, chairman of the board; Dr. Jim Swanson, vice president for academic and student services; Aaron Crabtree, dean of students; Bruce Shaffner, Winona Lake town council president; Grace student body president, Jackie Seal; future resident director of Lancer Lofts, Victoria Casey; Kevin Scully, partner at Design Collaborative; and Drew Mitchell and Larry Mudd, both vice presidents of development for Holladay Properties.

The dorm is a project of Design Collaborative, the architect firm that designed the Lodge and the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, and is developed by Holladay Properties, a South Bend, Indiana–based commercial real estate firm.

Questions can be directed to the office of Tom Dunn, vice president of strategic initiatives and planning, at 574-372-5100 ext. 6510.