Universities in San Diego, a market where apartment rents have plateaued near record levels, are moving forward on massive housing projects to fill a gap in student housing.

In a major development, San Diego State University has unveiled plans to build a village of dormitory towers to house 5,220 students in the College Area, a neighborhood currently occupied by suburban homes.

The multi-phase project, one of the largest residential sites in the 23-campus California State University system, will increase SDSU’s housing capacity to 13,000.

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