Beginning July 1, Residential Life will manage and operate The Towers.
The change comes as the current contract with Bernard/Allison Management Services, the company currently in charge of managing The Towers, expires on June 30, Michael Coakley, director of Residential Life, said in an e-mail.
The Towers, located on ASU property at Forest Avenue and Fifth Street, may undergo construction during the summer as well, meaning rates may change, Coakley said.
"Very little has been done since it was opened in 1989," he said. "There are infrastructure issues which must be dealt with."
Whether The Towers are renovated or not, rental rates are expected to increase, though the amount by which they do so will be less if the work is not done.
Still, beyond possible construction, not many things will be changing at The Towers - including the alcohol policy.
Residential Life will not require The Towers to ban alcohol like all the other residence halls at ASU, Coakley added.
"The residence halls are dry because the primary population is first-year students under the age of 21," he said. "Since University Towers has an older population, we intend to just enforce the law [instead of campus rules]."
ASU spokeswoman Leah Hardesty said The Towers are on ASU property, so having any alcohol on campus goes against campus policy.
But she said there is an exception because upperclassmen live there.
"It's always been something we have allowed there," she added.
Political science freshman Kaine Messer, 18, lives in Hayden Hall and said that since The Towers are a part of ASU property, all the residence halls should be treated equally.
"If you make one wet then they should all be wet," Messer said. "Twenty-one means 21, it should be a universal theme [for the campus]."
Computer science sophomore Patrick Krecker, 19, lives in The Towers and said alcohol should be permitted because of the different living style compared to the other residence halls.
"The Towers are apartments so you are not living in a community setting like dorms," Krecker said. "I think the freedom is appropriate.
"It's harder to take freedom than it is to give it."
Reach the reporter at: heather.cutler@asu.edu.
