Colby College plans 217-bed residence hall on Waterville,Maine, campus

Colby College plans to build a 109,000-square-foot residence hall on the Waterville, Maine, campus that would house 217 students and be ready for occupancy in 2026.

The Kennebec Journal reports that the facility, to be named The Residence on Mayflower Hill Drive, is to be built on what is now a wooded and grassy area, across the street from the new 72,000-square-foot Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.

Holly MacKenzie, project engineer in Colby’s facilities services department, told the Waterville Planning Board that the building, with a brick exterior, is expected to have six wings, making it appear on the site plan as if there are six buildings where actually there is only one.

Some areas of the building will have four stories and some will have three, MacKenzie said.