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NEW UTSA MAIN CAMPUS HOUSING

The University of Texas at San Antonio has assembled a design-build team for a planned $43.6 million residential development on its main campus.

Alamo Architects will partner with Treanor HL to lead the design work for Guadalupe Hall, which will house incoming freshmen. The more than 101,000-square-foot building will span four floors and have as many as 360 beds, as well as study and community lounges, community kitchens, laundry rooms, a multipurpose-seminar room and a coffee shop.

UTSA has tapped Intelligent Engineering Services, Shah Smith and Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. to engineer the new project, which will be built near the intersection of Tobin and Brenan avenues. Whiting-Turner will be the construction manager.

I reported in October that Guadalupe Hall would be part of a series of new housing developments planned for UTSA’s main and downtown campuses to accommodate an increasing enrollment projected to hit 45,000 students by 2028. Those main campus expansion plans also include a mixed-use development called Roadrunner Village.

"Providing more students the opportunity to live on campus — closer to classes, laboratories, libraries, advisers, fellow students and campus amenities — enables greater access to academic and support programs that enhance student success,” UTSA Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Kimberly Andrews Espy said.

The University of Texas System approved a schematic design for Guadalupe Hall in February. The project is expected to obtain design development approval from the UT System Board of Regents this month.

“Guadalupe Hall will place our freshman in an environment where they can thrive,” UTSA Vice President for Business Affairs Veronica Mendez said.

Construction is slated to begin this fall, with students expected to move in before the fall 2021 semester.