ACC Offers Glimpse of New Freshman Residential Housing

Pre­lim­i­nary Draw­ing of New Fresh­man Res­i­dence Halls

In a series of meet­ings with stu­dents and the local com­mu­nity, Amer­i­can Cam­pus Com­mu­ni­ties has offered a glimpse of the new res­i­den­tial hous­ing that will be built on the UNM cam­pus.  Demo­li­tion of Santa Ana Dor­mi­tory and two Stu­dent Resource Cen­ter units is sched­uled for mid-May after the end of the spring semes­ter. Con­struc­tion on the new units will begin as soon as possible.

ACC will build four hous­ing units for fresh­men stu­dents that are sched­uled to open in fall 2012.  The units will be more than a quar­ter of a mil­lion square feet and will hold 1,020 beds.  It will add more than 800 beds to the hous­ing inven­tory on UNM’s main cam­pus.  To view the pre­lim­i­nary draw­ings visit, ACC Hous­ing.

UNM admin­is­tra­tors empha­size the addi­tional hous­ing is part of an over­all plan to allow more under­grad­u­ates to live on cam­pus.  Wal­ter Miller, asso­ciate vice pres­i­dent for Stu­dent Life says, “Our long term goal is to increase the six-year grad­u­a­tion rate at UNM and research shows us that stu­dents who live on cam­pus are more likely to graduate.”

This is the first time a devel­oper has built hous­ing on the UNM cam­pus.  ACC is fund­ing the con­struc­tion and will lease and man­age the hous­ing units.  A ground lease now under nego­ti­a­tion will spell out pre­cisely how the units will be managed.

This is the sec­ond res­i­den­tial hous­ing devel­op­ment ACC has built for UNM.  The first devel­op­ment, Lobo Vil­lage will open in August 2011 near Uni­ver­sity Arena.  The hous­ing on UNM’s south cam­pus is apart­ment style units designed for upper­class­men and grad­u­ate students.

Visit the Lobo Vil­lage web­site or call (505) 925‑5577

Media con­tact: Karen Went­worth (505) 277‑5627; e-mail: kwent2@unm.edu