UF remains silent as former residents of graduate housing push back over demolition plans

Chemistry graduate student Derek LaMontagne has been advocating relentlessly for the University of Florida to stop its plans from demolishing Maguire Village and University Village South. After finding out the University of Florida’s board of trustees had allocated $10 million to demolish the graduate housing property in December, he feels like he’s fighting a losing battle. “We were told there was no money, and that’s why they couldn’t do renovations or build another grad housing, and then now they have enough to demolish it. So that’s very concerning,” LaMontagne said. LaMontagne served as the former mayor of Maguire Village……

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