After negotiating with local residents, USC unveiled a plan to construct a new "Campus Village" for students on the south side of campus, The State reports.
During negotiation, neighborhood leaders were concerned primarily with traffic in the area and the behavior of the students living near them.
In turn, USC agreed with several neighborhood leaders to knock 3,000 parking spaces down to 945 and to hire "safety guides" that would help get students home from Five Points and keep them out of trouble in local neighborhoods. In addition, the university agreed to have a committee of city, university and neighborhood leaders that would collectively discuss and decide on future downtown developments.
According to The State, the new village will be bordered by Pickens, Heyward and Sumter streets. Four residence halls built in the 1970s will be torn down for the new development, which will include eight quadrangle residence halls and a parking garage.
The project is also set to include courtyards, a dining hall and a coffee shop.
The cost for the development has not been estimated as USC officials say it is too early to do so.