Wolf Ridge is an apartment complex located on Centennial Campus." />
John Joyner
Wolf Ridge is an apartment complex located on Centennial Campus.
Wolf Ridge Apartments complex will open its second phase of accommodations to N.C. State students in August. The apartment complex, located on Centennial Campus is comprised of six separate buildings, only three of which are currently open to students.
University Housing made half of the 550,446 square foot project available to students in August 2013, despite construction setbacks and delays. The three remaining buildings are on schedule to open for the fall 2014 semester.
“Once all of the buildings are occupied we will have over 1200 bed spaces,” said Shannon Plummer-White, the administrative associate for Wolf Ridge Apartments complex. “We are trying to finalize some fun projects for the grounds of the complex to open along with the rest of phase two. We are looking at a few student initiated projects, such as the possibility of a student community garden.”
Innovation Hall, home to the Andy and Jane Albright Entrepreneurs Living Learning Village, is one of the three new buildings in the complex scheduled to open in August. It will be home to the headquarters of the Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Entrepreneur Living Learning Village and other general residents of the Wolf Ridge Apartments complex.
The first two floors of Innovation hall will belong to the Entrepreneurship Initiative. The staff offices will be located on the first floor of the building along with the new Entrepreneur’s Garage. The space will be more than double the size of the EI’s current 2,000 square foot garage.
“It will really be ground zero for student entrepreneurship at N.C. State,” said Megan Greer, director of communications and outreach for the Entrepreneurship Initiative. “It is a space for students to work on prototyping, new ventures and new ideas. Our staff offices will be located next to the Entrepreneur’s Garage as another resource for students to utilize.”
The Entrepreneur’s Garage will include 24-hour access to 3-D printers, laser cutters, soldering tools and other devices for members of the EI to use. The Administration Area will be located adjacent to the Entrepreneur’s Garage, and will be comprised of closed and open staff offices and two conference rooms available for student use.
“We have the conference rooms available so everyone come together and bring individual talents to create a great product,” Greer said. “It is also a space where students can meet with potential investors or clients to show off their prototypes from the garage.”
The second floor of Innovation Hall will house the residents of The Andy and Jane Albright Entrepreneurs Living Learning Village. The remaining floors will hold general Wolf Ridge residents.
“One day we hope to take up the whole building,” Greer said. “We would like to absorb more floors of the building as our program grows.”
Along with the complex being N.C. State’s first residential living complex on Centennial Campus, it will also hold N.C. State’s first privately funding living and learning village. The News & Observer reported a $500,000 grant from the Albrights allowing the EI to build the village inside Innovation Hall.