8 Elbridge Street WPI Lodging House
At a glance
Based on auto-generated captions and the posted minutes; names may be misheard.
- What: lodging house license for 8 Elbridge Street, owned by WPI, converted from a three-floor apartment building to undergraduate housing.
- Where it stands: approved 3-0 on 2026-09-10.
- Next: none recorded.
Details
- About 5,000 sq ft, 16 bedrooms (mostly doubles, a single for a resident advisor, one accessible ground-floor room), previously grad student apartments.
- Resident advisor supervised by WPI's residential life director (name per captions: Matthew Foster).
- Exterior doors are card-access, with a full fire alarm and no exterior cameras; campus police are a block away.
- The agenda listed it under a fraternity name; WPI's director of design and construction (Nick Palumbo per captions) said it is WPI-owned and not Greek life, and the application is to be amended. It did not need Zoning Board review.
Discussion time
About 4 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 - License Commission | 4 |
Log
- 2026-09-10 - License Commission - Approved 3-0 after clarifying ownership and security.