UNC-Chapel Hill is spending $900,000 on upgrades to the chancellor’s 50-year-old residence, reports the News & Observer of Raleigh. From the article:
The work actually began before Chancellor Holden Thorp was hired this past summer. Thorp, 44, and his family will move in next week.
Documents released Friday by the university show kitchen upgrades of more than $300,000, a master bathroom renovation of $102,000, and a great deal of infrastructure work to the 50-year-old home, including a $190,000 upgrade to the heating and air conditioning system.
The work is not being done at the Thorp family’s request but because of a series of required code improvements to the 1960s-era home, say university officials. It also will be retrofitted to accommodate Thorp’s two children, who are middle- and elementary-school age, said Carolyn Elfland, UNC-CH’s associate vice chancellor for campus services.
