Mold puts opening of Niagara University apartments on hold

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Mold puts opening of Niagara University apartments on hold

The discovery of mold within a new $11 million apartment complex at Niagara

University will keep students out for the start of the fall semester.

The six-unit complex is nearly completed and was scheduled to open in late

August. Niagara University officials say, however, the discovery of mold in

the crawlspaces of each building will mean nearly 200 students will have to

be temporarily displaced.

" We were very lucky, indeed, to discover this problem in its early stages,

while it was still confined to the crawl space beneath the building, and

before it affected the living areas, " said Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, C.M.,

Niagara's executive vice president.

The university hired , a structural mycologist from Building

Science Investigations Inc., to identify the mold and its causes and to

propose solutions. The company began inspecting the facilities July 4.

The fall semester at Niagara is to begin Aug. 27. A timetable for opening

the new apartment complex has not been released.