<p>McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill., has hired S.M. Wilson &amp; Co. to build a new $14.5 million residence hall.</p>
<p>The 75,000-square-foot dormitory will house about 100 students and is scheduled for completion in July 2011, the St. Louis-based construction management, design/build and general contracting firm said.</p>
<p>The residence hall will include two separate three-story residential wings connected by a two-story bridge. The architect for the project is Mackey Mitchell Architects of St. Louis.</p>
<p>McKendree University has a student body of about 1,400.</p>
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