St. Louis-based McCarthy broke ground on a $285 million student housing development at University of Riverside in California, the contractor announced on Dec. 7.
The 424,000-square-foot North District Phase 2 Student Housing Development is a form of intersegmental student housing, which allows enrolled students from Riverside Community College District to stay on UCR’s main campus, per the release. The facility is intended to give those enrolled at the community college the experience of living at a four-year university.
The development contains 429 modern single- and double-occupancy apartment-style units, ranging from one to four bedrooms, per the release. The facility will also come with kitchen and living room spaces, along with contemporary amenities such as high-speed Wi-Fi, air conditioning, designated study areas and communal areas designed for both academic focus and social engagement.
The project received funding through the California Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program to provide additional beds for low-income UCR and RCCD students. With the funding and efforts, the dorm has 1,568 total beds.
Similar projects are either in the planning phases or underway across California. University of California, Merced and Merced College announced Sept. 1 that they would jointly build a 488-bed student housing project for community college and transfer students.
Additionally, an intersegmental housing project between San Diego State University, SDSU Imperial Valley and Imperial Valley College received $11.6 million in funding from the state assembly on Nov. 8, the Imperial Valley Press reported.
The first students are expected to move into the North District Phase 2 Student Housing Development in 2025.
