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From YouTube: Northeastern Lightview Residence Hall Grand Opening
Description
Creating more student housing in our city is an essential initiative to improve community life in Boston's neighborhoods. Mayor Walsh joins Northeastern President Joseph Aoun, Vice President of City and Community Affairs John Tobin, Jamie Wilhelm of American Campus Communities and third year Northeastern student Laura Bilal to cut the ribbon on the brand new Lightview Residence Hall on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury. This new dormatory offers Northeastern students afordable housing with modern amenities for academic excellence, along with freeing up the housing stock for Boston residents.
A
A
Good
afternoon,
everybody
welcome
to
the
campus
at
Northeastern
University
in
the
great
city
of
Boston.
My
name
is
John
Tobin,
vice-president
of
city
and
community
affairs
here
at
the
University,
and
this
is
an
exciting
day.
The
grand
opening
of
light
view
a
big
round
applause
for
this.
This
is
great
I.
A
Want
to
thank
all
of
our
colleagues
here
at
the
University,
our
students
for
coming
out
today,
city
leaders,
our
community
members
and
neighbors
and
residents.
This
is
a
great
day.
We
have
a
an
awesome
program
here,
brief
for
an
awesome
program.
Here,
we're
going
to
get
things
kicked
off
and
our
first
speaker
is
the
54th
mayor
of
the
city
of
Boston
and
just
a
terrific
partner.
In
anything
we
do
at
Northeast
and
the
lines
of
communication.
You
know
we're
122
years
old,
the
city
is
almost
400
years
old.
A
B
Thank
you
very
much.
John
and
I
appreciate
all
your
great
work.
I
want
to
thank
president
I
own,
who
has
been
an
incredible
friend
in
the
city
of
Boston,
since
we
met
back
a
few
years
ago
now
in
seeing
this
incredible
campus,
investing
in
the
neighborhood
and
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
it,
but
really
doing
some
amazing
things.
B
I
want
to
thank
Sheila,
Dillon
chief
of
housing
for
the
city
of
Boston
and
done
is
done
amazing,
where
Brian
golden
from
the
Boston
Planning
development
agency,
one
of
us,
because
today
Laura
Bulow,
Bulow,
perfect
student
here
who
was
going
for
business
and
biochemistry
bio
engineering,
who's
going
to
be
really
smart
and
really
successful,
and
my
advice
she
was
do
not
go
into
politics
and
stay
in
business
and
and
do
that.
But
we're
excited
to
hear
you
today.
B
I
won't
thank
Jamie
as
well
who
I
met
in
my
office
a
bunch
of
years
ago
for
his
great
work.
This
is
a
big
milestone
for
the
city
of
Boston
as
a
disgruntled
constituent
there.
This
beautiful
new
residents
here
will
meet
the
needs
of
Boston
students.
At
the
same
time,
it's
freeing
up
more
housing
for
the
surrounding
communities
and
that's
something
that
we're
really
excited
about.
It's
key
to
working
on,
preserving,
affordable
housing
and
preventing
displacement,
and
that's
something
that
we're
doing
every
day
in
the
city
of
Boston
Boston
is
growing.
B
When
I
became
mayor
in
2014,
one
thing
that
we
inherited
when
I
say
that's
not
from
my
predecessor
but
inherited
a
housing
crisis,
and
we
realized
quickly
that
Boston
was
a
desirable
City
for
a
lot
of
folks.
Students
that
went
to
Northeastern
and
other
colleges
oftentimes
from
others
out
of
state,
did
graduate
here
and
then
go
to
New
York
or
they
go
to
Silicon
Valley
and
go
to
different
places.
And
we
started
to
see
that
change.
B
We
started
to
see
a
lot
of
people
from
out
of
state
say:
wait
a
second,
let's
stay
here
right
in
Boston
and
and
we
also
saw
kids
from
Boston
that
we
used
to
go
or
other
places
that
get
educated
coming
back
home
and
so
all
of
those
those
stresses
on
our
housing
market.
We
saw
baby
boomers
who
moved
out
in
the
80s
and
70s.
B
All
of
a
sudden
saying
we
want
to
sell
our
suburban
home
and
come
back
into
the
city,
because
that's
where
it's
happening
and
we've
been
able
to
see
that
we
also
see
our
economy
booming
we've
added
20,000,
new
jobs
every
single
year
for
the
last
five
years
here
in
the
city.
Most
of
those
people
are
wanting
to
move
into
downtown
core
in
the
core
of
the
city.
It's
a
great
thing
for
our
city,
but
it
also
puts
a
lot
of
pressure
on
a
housing
market.
B
We
created
with
Sheila
Sheila,
actually
Sheila
and
Shelley
created
a
housing
plan
for
sixty
thousand
sixteen
sixty
nine
thousand
units
by
the
year
2030.
We
originally
looked
at
53,000,
but
we
saw
that
we
were
hitting
expectations
and
goals
there.
So
we
raised
the
number
in
that
number.
Nearly
16,000
of
those
units
are
deemed
affordable
units
were
maintaining
the
national
lead
in
subsidized
units
in
Boston
Massachusetts.
B
So
when
you
think
about
that,
that's
a
pretty
big
statement
when
you're
places
like
San
Francisco
in
New
York
in
Seattle
building
lots
of
housing,
but
we'll
maintain
the
lead
when
it
comes
to
subsidized
units,
we're
using
every
single
tool
at
our
disposal,
inclusionary
development
and
linkage
fees
working
to
how
do
we
in
city
on
land
and
how
do
we
continue
to
build
and
create
more
housing?
We're
calling
on
our
neighbors,
that's
neighboring
cities
and
towns
to
step
up
as
well,
because
this
is
a
regional
challenge.
B
When
you
look
at
Boston
we're
talking
about
700,000
people
that
roughly
live
in
the
city
of
Boston,
when
the
students
come
back
in
September,
we
we
ballooned
to
nearly
a
million
people.
We
have
about
a
million
people
either
working
or
tourists
coming
into
our
city
every
single
day,
so
we're
a
city
of
two
million
people
roughly
every
day
in
us
they
come
in
and
out
of
our
city.
I
live
in
a
city.
When
you
look
at
the
Greater
Boston
area,
there's
two
2.3
million
people
living
in
that
area.
B
So
we
really
need
help
from
surrounding
cities
and
towns
to
create
more
office
options.
For
housing-
and
we
also
need
to
continue
to
work
with
the
state
to
force
them
to
create
better
public
transportation
modes
as
well,
something
that's
really
important,
as
our
students
know,
and
probably
firsthand
know
better
than
most
to
talk
about
when
they're,
when
they're
going
to
school
here
and
maybe
working
downtown
or
working
somewhere
needing
that
public
transit
we're
going
to
decrease
this
number.
B
So
a
student
goal,
we
said
a
student
goal
for
eighteen
thousand:
five
hundred
new
student
housing
units
by
the
year
2030.
So
when
you
think
about
that,
eighteen
thousand
five
hundred
students-
that's
currently
are
living
in
our
neighborhoods.
That's
three
and
four
and
five
of
them
are
living
in
a
home
oftentimes,
paying
a
thousand
to
fifteen
hundred
bucks
a
month
each
and
be
really
being
taken
advantage
of
this
housing
was.
How
do
we
get
more
student
on
campus
by
creating
18,500
units?
This
will
decrease
the
number
of
undergrads
living
off
campus
by
50%.
B
That
is
really
really
important,
so
that
frees
up
housing
stock
in
the
communities
for
families
as
well
and
be
able
for
renters
to
be
able
to
come
in
rents.
We've
been
working
closely
with
our
colleges
and
in
the
city
and
university
presidents,
but
president
yin
and
myself
and
John
and
other
folks
have
been
working
even
more
closely
talking
about
as
we
look
at
North
East
and
how
do
we
really
expand,
not
the
mission
of
the
school,
but
how
do
we
really
create
opportunities?
B
Already
more
than
7,000
new
dorm
beds
are
on
under
construction
here
in
the
city
we
have
thousands
of
more
in
the
pipeline
light
view
ads,
825
new
student
beds.
Here
this
is
the
kind
of
partnership
that
we
want
to
see
between
the
city
and
our
colleges
and
universities.
Through
commitments
like
this
one
I
know
that
we're
going
to
be
achieving
our
goal
by
year,
2030
the
light
view
project
is
also
highly
subsidized.
Helping
us
get
carbon
neutrality
by
the
year
2050.
B
Another
goal
that
we
have
in
the
city
of
Boston,
around
carbon
neutrality
by
Cabot,
Vivien
cabinets
free
by
2050,
and
that's
one
aspect
of
our
climate
plan
that
we're
working
on
it
also
brings
20
2,200
square
feet
of
street-level
retail.
This
used
to
be
a
parking
lot
that
we're
sitting
under
right
now.
B
Now
it's
a
living
space
for
students
will
they'll
gather
they'll
people
will
stop,
and
they'll
shop
in
the
community
can
come
together,
along
with
some
of
the
other
buildings
and
investments
that
have
been
made
in
this
great
neighborhood
expanding
opportunity
and
increasing
the
knowledge
and
skill
and
strengthening
our
neighborhoods.
These
are
some
of
the
greatest
challenges
that
face
our
city
in
our
country.
Right
now,
northeastern
is
an
incredible
partner
in
this
work.
I'm,
proud
to
see
this
school
take
take
a
lot
of
things
to
the
next
level.
B
Every
single
person
here
I
know
that
we
can't
mention
every
name,
but
we
have
contractors
and
in
architects
and
people
who
worked
in
the
office
and
people
who
helped
with
the
pyramids
and
people
who
worked
on
the
site
and
people
who
came
to
a
meeting
and
the
people
who
advocated
for
it
I
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
you
that
had
anything
to
do
with
this
project.
It's
so
important.
It's
so
important.
B
A
A
So,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
he
mentioned
lara
bilal,
who
was
a
third-year
student
here
at
Northeastern
University.
We
always
have
when
we
do
these
types
of
things
here
speakers,
but
it's
always
great
to
hear
from
the
residents
of
buildings
like
this,
and
so
we
invited
lard
there
825
northeastern
students
that
live
in
this
building
and
Laura's,
one
of
them
and
she's
going
to
represent
them.
Today.
Ladies
and
gentlemen,
Laura
Bulow.
C
Hi
everyone.
So,
as
already
been
said,
my
name
is
Laura
below
I'm,
a
third-year
bioengineering
student
from
Methuen
Massachusetts
so
locally
here
on
campus
I
play
a
club,
basketball,
I'm,
a
part
of
TEDx
northeastern
and
I'm,
a
teaching
assistant
for
the
first
year,
engineering
students
I'm
also
currently
on
coop
at
Novartis
Institute
for
biomedical
research
over
in
Cambridge
I
work
on
their
research
and
development
team,
as
well
as
bio
analytics.
C
So
here
at
Northeastern,
I've
really
been
pushed
and
encouraged
by
professors
and
peers
alike
to
be
the
best
best
version
of
myself
to
really
try
to
innovate,
to
create
and
to
explore.
My
passions
I've
always
felt
a
strong
sense
of
community
here
and
a
lot
of
support
from
everyone
that
I've
interacted
with
I
believe
that
light
view
is
the
best
place
to
continue
to
grow
this
community.
C
As,
like
the
rest
of
my
time
here
at
Northeastern,
it's
really
been
an
amazing
experience
to
watch
light
view
be
built
from
the
ground
over
this
past
year
and
now
to
be
actually
living
in
the
building,
as
well
as
having
the
opportunity
work
here.
As
a
community
assistant
I
realized
that
the
wait
was
more
than
worth
it,
I
I
really
felt
that
I
was
ready
after
my
third
year
after
my
second
year
coming
into
my
third
year
to
move
out
of
the
residential
communities
at
Northeastern.
C
This
has
already,
in
the
short
time
we've
been
living
here,
become
our
community
and
home
away
from
home,
no
matter
how
far
you're
from
me
down
the
road
or
people
from
the
other
side
of
the
country.
It
really
does
feel
like
a
home
and
a
community,
so
I
think
we
should
all
strive
residents
and
everyone
working
here
to
be
each
other's
family
for
the
next.
However,
many
years
we're
living
here,
so
thank
you
all
for
coming
and
haven't
given
me
the
opportunity
to
speak
and
I
hope
it's
a
great
year.
A
Thank
you
very
much
Laura.
That
was
great.
The
mayor
mentioned
it
takes
when
you
build
a
building
like
this.
It
literally
takes
thousands
of
people
to
get
something
of
this
accomplished,
and
it
also
we
talk
about
partnerships
and
relationships
and
our
partnership
with
American
campus
communities
is
so
important,
and
it's
been
so
great
over
the
years,
and
we
talked
about
years.
A
The
first
thought
of
this
coming,
not
just
the
construction,
but
the
planning
process
and
to
work
with
ACC
has
been
a
delight
and
somebody
great
people
who
work
there
and
and
folks
with
their
their
joining
company.
Northstar
just
want
to
mention
that
it's
been
a
it's
been
a
wonderful
working
relationship
and
see
this
building
to
fruition
in
representing
ACC
today
were
honored
to
have
the
executive
vice
president
of
public
private
transactions
at
ACC,
mr.
Jamie
Wilhelm
Jamie.
D
Good
afternoon
everybody
hey,
this
is
exciting
stuff.
This
is.
This
is
a
big
day
a
day
that
has
taken
years
in
the
making
and
great
partnerships
deserve
a
few
thank-yous
and
want
to
start
with
a
few
thank-yous
here,
the
spirit
this
afternoon.
First,
mr.
mayor
again,
thank
you
very
much
for
your
support
of
the
project.
There
was
probably
some
four
years
ago
when
we
came
in
with
a
bright
idea
and
a
brand
new
partnership.
D
We
were
still
trying
to
understand
who
we
all
were
and
our
roles,
and
you
were
nothing
more
than
supportive,
and
how
can
you
make
this
happen
so
partnership
between
the
university
in
this
city?
We
are
just
very
pleased
to
have
been
and
very
humbled
to
be
a
part
of,
and
then
mr.
president
and
thank
you
very
much.
D
The
bat
is
the
excellence
of
your
team
and
your
staff,
whether
it
was
finance
economics
whether
there
was
a
transaction
acumen
and
legal,
whether
it
be
student
affairs
res
life
and
planning
really
have
assembled
a
very
excellent
team,
and
we
are
very
grateful
to
have
been
your
partner
will
be
your
partner
going
forward
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
them
for
all
their
hard
work
and
for
hope.
What
everybody
believes
is
an
excellent
result.
So
please
thank
them
as
well.
D
I
want
to
have
a
special
shout
out
to
some
of
those
team
members
specifically
marina,
and
it
is
her
team
that
is
going
to
be
out
there
along
with
Raya
and
our
team.
We
can
talk
about
a
lot
of
real
estate.
We
can
turn
this
into
a
transaction.
We
can
make
it
a
lot,
but
Dora
just
hit
on
it.
First
and
foremost,
this
is
a
new
home
for
825
people.
This
is
the
place
that
they
will.
Land
are
in
their
3rd
4th
5th
years
here
in
a
part
of
a
co-op.
D
Well,
they
will
grow
and
they
will
aspire,
and
they
will
think
and
think
big.
That
is
what
makes
this
teamwork
of
City
University
and
American
campus
really
tick,
and
if
you're
excited
about
one
thing,
it's
creating
homes
for
folks
and
I
want
to
thank
Rae
Ann
and
your
team
for
welcoming
them
out
here.
D
D
Well,
we
start
with
the
university's
motto,
light,
truth,
courage
and
we
hope
that
for
the
students
and
the
generations
of
students
who
live
here
that
you
will
indeed
be
a
part
of
the
light
that
you
will
courageously
seek
the
truth,
be
a
part,
be
an
active
part
of
your
education,
be
a
part
of
something
that's
bigger
than
yourself.
It's
a
university
community.
It's
a
community
with
the
city.
It's
a
community
on
your
floor
acknowledge
the
fact
that
you're
going
to
live
with
different
people.
They
may
have
different
ideas.
They
may
have
different
backgrounds.
D
This
is
a
community
of
inclusivity
and
diversity.
We're
sharing
ideas
and
learning
about
other
people
engage
in
vigorous
debate,
but
do
it
respectfully
accept
folks
at
having
a
different
opinion
in
a
different
background
challenge,
one
another
and
then
part
and
go
have
another
cup
of
coffee?
That's
what
we're
aspiring
when
we
think
of
life
view
that's
when
we
think
of
good
partners
that
the
city
challenges
the
university,
the
university
challenges
ACC,
and
we
challenge
the
student
residents
and
the
broader
students
who
are
here
at
the
university.
D
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Jamie
final
speaker,
just
like
mayor
Walsh,
makes
a
City
check
on
an
everyday
basis.
Our
final
speaker
makes
this
University
take
on
an
everyday
basis,
and
it's
through
his
leadership
and
vision
that
so
much
has
been
accomplished
here
since
the
inauguration
as
president
back
in
2006
he's
a
seventh
president
of
Northeastern
University
and
he's
it's
wonderful
to
have
him
here.
Always
president
I
would.
E
E
E
He
said
this
building
is
going
to
bring
jobs
to
the
community,
is
going
to
allow
the
community
to
access
the
labs
to
have
interaction
with
the
faculty
with
the
students
with
the
staff,
and
this
is
what
made
him
happy
and
today
may
Walsh
is
happy
for
the
same
reasons,
we're
not
celebrating
light
view
in
the
same
way
that
we
are
not
celebrating
Isaac.
We
are
celebrating
the
fact
that
the
community
will
be
able
to
work
here
to
have
access
to
what
northeastern
has
to
offer,
and
without
you
mayor
this
one
have
been
possible.
E
E
You
did
a
beautiful
job,
giving
us
the
infrastructure
and
the
architecture
that
would
allow
us
to
have
this
community
here,
live
in
a
vibrant
way
and
in
a
way
that
would
be
interactive
with
the
rest
of
the
community
at
large.
So
thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
also
ACC
and
all
my
colleagues
at
Northeastern
who
have
worked
diligently
to
make
this
happen.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
Let's
give
them
a
round
of
applause.
Please.
E
As
I
said
at
the
beginning
for
the
mayor,
it
wasn't
about
buildings,
it
was
about
the
community,
and
last
year
you
saw
what
happened
with
the
Carter
playground
when
we
opened
the
counter
playground
for
the
community
with
the
community,
and
then
the
question
is
what
what
are
we
doing
here
all
together
under
the
leadership
of
the
mayor?
It's
really
with
the
Renaissance
of
Columbus,
and
so
what's
next,
the
mayor
is
always
challenging
us.
You
heard
his
challenge
today.
You
know
you
build
this
great
building,
but
it's
not
enough.
E
What's
next,
what
we
are
going
to
work
mayor
under
your
leadership
on
another
dorm
on
Columbus
that
will
attract
also
people
to
the
students,
first
and
foremost,
the
faculty,
the
staff,
the
members
of
the
community.
So
what
we
are
building
here
with
you
is
a
way
for
the
community
to
take
full
advantage
of
northeastern,
and
this
is
why
we
believe
that
you
leadership
has
been
essential
for
the
renaissance
on
Columbus
Avenue.
So
thank
you
Mary
for
doing
that
and
stay
tuned,
because
we
still
have
a
lot
to
do.
Thank
you
very
much.