Student Housing Gets Go-Ahead

TEMPE, AZ— City approval has been given to Legacy Partners Residential for the development of University Village 2.0, a new $60 million-plus, mixed-use, 775-bed student housing community. Legacy Partners plans to start demolition and construction by summer 2016 and open in time for the fall 2018 semester. The property is located at 936 South Terrace Rd., near South Rural Road.  Located just minutes away from Arizona State University, shopping and dining, and directly adjacent to Tempe’s light rail line, the new development will replace a 1960s-era student housing complex, which will be demolished. KTGY Architecture + Planning is the project’s designer and architect.

KTGY design principal David Senden tells GlobeSt.com: “This development will be good for the community. Developments like University Village 2.0, in conjunction with the other recent developments in the area, are condensing student housing, which will hopefully pull students from the residential neighborhoods where there have been problems in the past. We’re conscious of the historical significance of the existing buildings. They were designed by Al Beadle and we’re mindful that there have been generations of students who have called this home. There is always a feeling of a little melancholy when you demolish a building, but we’re excited about the potential here. The city staff has made it clear that this is the type of development they envision for this site and it is in keeping with the density increases we’re seeing at most college campuses around the country.