Some first-year students at Northeastern University are getting new room assignments just weeks before the start of the fall semester after significant water damage closed a dormitory at the Boston campus.
White Hall was closed over "significant water damage impacting the structure of the interior and exterior brick walls," a university spokeswoman said Tuesday. The damage was discovered during a planned project on the outside of the dorm.
The five-story building, on Huntington Avenue at Forsyth Street, also houses a Qdoba restaurant, which was temporarily closed as well, according to a listing online. A phone call to the restaurant went unanswered Tuesday.
The problem was being evaluated by structural engineering experts, according to the school, with recommendations for next steps expected within a couple of weeks.
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"We are always prepared for unexpected disruptions and we are able to make beds available on campus on short notice," the spokeswoman, Vice President of Communications Renata Nyul, said in a statement.
Northeastern's fall semester begins Wednesday, Sept. 6.
