The housing will be built on the main campus of Texas Woman鈥檚 University (TWU), America鈥檚 largest university primarily for women.
The public-private partnership (PPP) project, valued at US$75.5m (拢53m), will deliver additional student housing and amenities targeted at the university鈥檚 second-year students.
Construction of the project will be led by Texas-based Hill & Wilkinson, with architecture led by Stantec. Collegiate Housing Foundation, a national non-profit entity, is the project鈥檚 residential facility owner through an issuance of project-based, tax-exempt debt financing.
The development will comprise three lots of four- and five-storey Georgian-style buildings that will include 872 student beds configured in pod-style living quarters.聽 In addition, three separate apartment units will be available for resident directors. The community will also feature a fitness centre, lounge and study areas, multipurpose space, offices for the university鈥檚 Housing & Residence Life department and a variety of gathering spaces.
Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions senior vice president Josh Smith said, 鈥淭exas Woman鈥檚 University has set forth an exciting vision to develop a community that will deliver a transformative on-campus living-learning experience for students. We are thrilled to work with TWU and our partners to leverage the public-private partnership model and bring this important new infrastructure to their Denton campus.鈥�
The community is scheduled to be delivered in time to accommodate student occupancy for the start of the 2019/20 academic year in August 2019.
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