Puerta del Sol

IRVINE, CA-The University of California Irvine now has 1,763 new graduate and undergraduate beds in a recently opened $221 million student housing project. The Gold LEED student housing, designed by KTGY Group Inc. Architecture and Planning along with a seven-level parking garage, will enable UCI to move closer to its goal of having 50% of housing on campus, according to an announcement that UCI issued when construction on the new housing began in 2008.

The completion of the project, which includes the Camino del Sol undergraduate housing project and Puerta del Sol graduate housing, allows UCI to house 45% of its student body on campus, more than any other UC institution, according to Benchmark Contractors Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Morley Builders, which constructed the project on behalf of the developer, Austin, TX-based American Campus Communities Inc. The $221 million price tag includes $137 million in hard costs for construction.

Camino del Sol