Dormzilla, RIP

When we last reported on Munger Hall, the Dormzilla project seemed to be dead, since UC-Santa Barbara was looking for other designs, but an obituary had not quite appeared.* The Munger Hall project was contingent on Munger financing, and it appears now that the developer has withdrawn. Whether Charles Munger has withdrawn his offer isn't clear, but without a developer and with the fact that the campus has put out an RFP for alternative designs, the death of Dormzilla is apparent. So, it seems that its obituary can now be written. 

From the Santa Barbara Independent:

UC Santa Barbara is maintaining official secrecy about its housing development, but really major news is out: Munger Hall, as Charlie Munger envisioned it, is not going forward. Instead, UCSB is signaling that a new planning and development process for student housing appears to be in the works. Along with this positive news, we learn that the private developer announced as UCSB’s partner in developing the Ocean Road faculty and staff project has withdrawn. A decade during which much needed and promised housing could have been built was wasted in a futile quest for private funding and development...

Full story at https://www.independent.com/2023/07/30/uc-santa-barbara-housing-crisis-the-turning-point/.

Or direct to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r09KRsstmUU.

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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-saga-of-uc-santa-barbaras-dormzilla.html.