{Kentucky}...University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto announced to the Board of Trustees a plan on Tuesday to remake and expand student housing, starting with a high-tech, $30 million residence hall that would open in 2013. The goal is to eventually create a campus of 9,000 modern residence hall beds. The new dorms would replace most of the existing 5,184 beds on campus, of which only 684 are considered modern. Wednesday, a request for proposal will go out to private developers who could help UK finance and build the latest 600-bed dorm, which will go up on the sports field next to Haggin Hall and near the William T. Young Library. It would serve students in an expanded UK Honors program, as well as others. The Board of Trustees is scheduled to approve final plans for the dorm by December.
