Dorms will rise again where the University of Cincinnati demolished its newest student residence 10 years ago.

        Plans will be unveiled today for the first new dorms in 30 years at the University of Cincinnati.

        All three will go up along Jefferson Avenue, where 27-story Sander Hall — then the newest dorm on campus — was imploded in June 1991 as unusable.

        Sander Hall opened in 1971 as UC's first coed dorm, but students, who lived in barracks-like suites, inexplicably abused the building in ways other dorms never experienced.

        Vandalism ranged from setting fire alarms on fire to dropping pop machines down elevator shafts, UC spokesman Greg Hand recalled.

        Sander became obsolete in 1982 after UC quit requiring sophomores who came from more than 50 miles away to live in dorms. Unsuited for offices, it remained vacant for years before demolition.

        The new low-rise dorms have been designed by KZF Inc. of Walnut Hills and will be built by Frank Messer & Sons Construction.

        They will go up on the 3.5 acres that Sander yielded to parking lots and tennis courts.

        All three dorms will have contemporary apartments, plus meeting and storage spaces, and high-speed computer connections.

        Expected to open in fall 2002, the dorms will house about 550 students.

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