Xavier excavation work helps two other projects

Last week, the removal of 20,000 cubic yards of fill material along Ledgewood Drive and Dana Avenue not only made way for Xavier University’s new Williams College of Business, but advanced a couple of other projects as well.

The university has announced that it is moving forward with plans for the recently-acquired Norwood Plaza at Montgomery Road and Cleneay Avenue.

Xavier plans to demolish the old Kroger store to create more than 1,100 additional parking spaces for the adjacent Cintas Center.

Fill dirt from the Hoff Academic Quad project will be used to create a walkway over the abandoned railroad tracks that separate the new lot from the arena.

Xavier officials believe the work will be completed before the first men's basketball game on November 14.

Also, some of the fill will make its way to O’Bryonville to be used in the Owl’s Nest Park upgrade.

Plans for the new 10-acre park show a new entrance plaza and overlook along Fairfax Avenue, a continuous pathway system, a nature study area and amphitheatre, new picnic and seating areas, renovated ball fields, half-court basketball courts, and new lighting.

Xavier's $115 million Hoff Academic Quad project will include not only the new business college, but a new Learning Commons, campus gateway, central utility plant, and parking and green space.

Writer: Kevin LeMaster
Source: Xavier University
Photography by Scott Beseler