The state Board of Regents approved the description and budget for the University of Iowa’s Stanley Hall renovations.

The $6.7 million project will renovate restrooms and upgrade the sinks and vanities.  The improvements are funded by dormitory improvement funds.

The regents also approved the leases of a three-story brick apartment at 112 East Bloomington St. and a four-story brick apartment building at 427 N. Dubuque St. in order to accommodate the university’s record enrollment.

The apartment buildings would house returning and transfer students.

— by Stacey Murray