News – USC Village

New USC Village With Housing, Restaurants Opens to Students, Surrounding Community (NBC Los Angeles)

More than 5,600 workers were involved in the 1.25-million-square-foot project, which includes Target and Trader Joe’s stores, an Amazon store/pick-up center, more than a dozen dining options, a student fitness center, indoor parking for more than 1,500 bicycles, an intramural field and an 8,000-square-foot dining hall featuring stained-glass windows and gourmet food choices.

$700M USC Village Opens To Students, South LA Community (CBS Los Angeles)

Cue the marching band – USC Village, a $700 million development that will house students and include ground-floor retail and restaurants open to the public, opens Thursday. The project — the largest development in USC’s 137-year history – replaces a dilapidated 1970s-era outdoor mall on a 15-acre site at Jefferson Boulevard and Hoover Street.

Comunidad de la Universidad del Sur de California celebra la inauguración oficial de UCS Village (Univision Los Angeles)

El complejo de seis edificios servirá de vivienda para 2,500 estudiantes, contará con restaurantes y otros tipos de locales comerciales para el público en general. La construcción tomó cerca de tres años.

U.S.C. Expands in a ‘Neglected’ Neighborhood, Promising Jobs and More (New York Times)

When the University of Southern California’s campus extension opens in South Los Angeles on Thursday, it will not just welcome 2,700 new college students. It will also be an ambitious test of a public-private partnership hoping to remake a historically underserved neighborhood.

Christopher Slatoff working on Hecuba statue

USC’s Tommy Trojan, meet your female counterpart: Hecuba, queen of Troy (Los Angeles Times)

Since the 1930s, the life-size bronze warrior Tommy Trojan has been the unofficial mascot of USC and a central campus gathering spot. Now he has a female counterpart at USC Village — the $700-million complex of residential colleges, shops and restaurants just north of the main campus. The new development is the university’s largest construction project, and USC President C. L. Max Nikias from the start saw a sculpture as its centerpiece.

USC’s massive campus addition features student housing and Trader Joe’s and Target open to the community (Los Angeles Times)

USC Village, the largest development in the school’s history, officially opens Thursday as the university strives to house more students on campus — and broaden its connection to its South Los Angeles neighborhood. The $700-million project spans 15 acres, has beds for 2,500 undergraduates and features a spacious courtyard with a statue that is a female counterpart to Tommy Trojan, the famous sword-wielding casting of a Greek warrior in the school’s central plaza.

Media Archive

NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured a USC tradition setting roots at the USC Village, with a celebration of USC’s continued possession of the Victory Bell. More than 500 construction workers joined USC football head coach Clay Helton, members of the Trojan Knights and the USC Spirit Leaders to ring the bell at the 15-acre development.

ABC News Los Angeles affiliate KABC-TV interviewed Willy Marsh, director of construction at USC Village, and workers at the site, in addition to highlighting the extensive progress on the USC Village.

CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV also covered the event.

CBS News: Trader Joe’s Opens in South L.A.

Daily Trojan: Construction begins on The Village

Daily Trojan-Opinion: UV renovation a sign of positive development

USC Communities: USC Village Underway

USC Communities: USC Village Construction Job Fair

USC Trojan Family Magazine: Rise of Troy

USC News: Ramping up for August opening USC Village recruits local job seekers

USC News:USC Village construction workers ring in longtime Trojan tradition with Victory Bell

USC News: Two men rebuild their lives at USC Village development

USC News: Marine Corps veteran’s small business is getting bigger–thanks to USC Village

USC News: USC Village nears the homestretch, as final construction work gets underway