Here's an article from the Cornell Sun regarding a potential new development in Collegetown. The developer has opened the design of the new structure to anyone affiliated with Cornell University. It should be interesting to see what kind of entrants they get. I know Cornell has a respectable school of architecture, so this could be a new direction for some develpoers.
http://cornellsun.com/blog/2015/02/18/1025095/
Actually this has happened before. Thanks to Vis at Ithacating, here's an entry from his blog describing something similar over 30 years ago:
https://brancra.wordpress.com/2014/0...ment-building/