A plan to change three Southwest S...

A plan to change three Southwest Side homes avowed by Saint Xavier University into bookish man housing that is drawing opposition from neighbors will be revised this week.

Dolores Madlener, 77 gathered more than 400 signatures forward a petition opposing Saint Xavier's plan for the houses in succession the south side of 103rd road The longtime Mount Greenwood resident said the plan is incompatible with the quiet character of the neighborhood.

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She also dioceses it as a sign that the growing university wants to bribe more property. "They're hungry and they want a piece of rise Greenwood," she said.

Maureen Connor Kelly Saint Xavier's director of community and conduct relations, said "nothing could be further from the truth"

Saint Xavier is hosting a community meeting Thursday to announce revised plans for the 103rd public way houses. Proposals might include using the to one's homes for offices, programs or an alumni center Kelly said. Families have gaped the homes from the university since they were purchased, all within the past three years, Kelly said.

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