Four new homes for student use built on Main Street

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Two new fraternity houses and two student homes have been built on the east side of Main Street are set to be ready for the upcoming school year.

Olivieri Management developed the four new buildings at 915, 1001, 1007 and 1029 S. Main St. for student use.

Two of the buildings, 1001 and 1007 S. Main St., will be used as new fraternity houses for Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Chi respectively.

Some of the buildings had stood for quite a while since being reconstructed, including 1007 S. Main St., which was originally built in 1879.

Developer Joe Olivieri was pleased to see how quickly and efficiently the buildings were completed. Olivieri expected the tasks to be very similar to the Phi Mu house his company developed last year at 802 S. Main St.

“If the tenants have a nice place to live, everyone’s happy,” Olivieri said. “I believe Main Street should be beautiful all the way from Bellows Street to downtown.”

Most future residents were shown floor plans and architectural renderings before the construction began, including Troy senior Aimee Fox.

Fox will be among the first residents in the new house at 915 S. Main, which used to be a smaller building with a volleyball court outside before the renovation. The new building now has eight bedrooms and five bathrooms.

“I’m just happy to have a brand new house,” Fox said. “It looks great.”

Sanford sophomore Matt Bowen will live at the new Delta Chi fraternity house, in the upcoming school year. Bowen was pleased to see the final results of the construction and the size of the new home.

“They told us the layout, but we didn’t know exactly what it was going to look like until February of this year,” Bowen said. “It has a better spot on Main Street than our old house and has 12 bedrooms and six bathrooms. It’s almost like a mansion.”

Bowen said he and his fraternity brothers understand the responsibilities of having a new home.

“With this new house, we really have to take care of it,” he said.

Another new building will be constructed at 1005 S. Main St. during the summer of 2012.