Purdue frat: 74% rent hike sent ATO packing to clear way for demolition

Purdue is against a plan to demolish 100 Alpha Tau Omega house. So are historic preservationists. Alumni say owner’s plan to raise rent 10% every year was ploy to get rid of ATOs, start redevelopment

(Photo: Dave Bangert)

If Purdue’s official protests over demolition plans for the former Alpha Tau Omega house at Fourth and Russell streets weren’t enough, misgivings about a proposed mixed-use project at the corner lot were growing this week among West Lafayette City Council members after accusations from ATO alumni that a rent-hike scheme ran the chap…