YSU adds Wick Pollock restoration to construction list

YOUNGSTOWN — The construction industry is hungry for work in this period of economic hard times, and that’s good news for Youngstown State University.

University officials say it means the university can get more construction projects done for less money, because contractors are paring their bids to the bone in an effort to keep their people working.

Case in point — the bids on the new Williamson College of Business Administration came in so low that the university will have sufficient funds to add another project to its current construction list — the restoration of the Wick Pollock Inn.

The university is borrowing $47 million through the sale of bonds to fund a number of projects over the next several years. The money will be borrowed in phases.

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