Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions to develop P3 on-campus student housing

Wilmington, N.C. — Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, a leading developer and operator of infrastructure projects for the college and university market, has successfully reached financial close on a public-private partnership (P3) project to develop an on-campus housing and dining community at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). The two-phase project will house approximately 1,814 students and provide a variety of amenities including group study and collaboration spaces.

Located in the southeast area of the UNCW campus, the development’s first phase is scheduled to open for the Fall 2020 semester and will deliver 1,038 beds in a pod-style configuration for first-year students. In the second phase, 776 beds in both pod and semi-suite styles will be added for the Fall 2021 semester for second-year students and upperclassmen. The development will also include more than 3,500 square feet of dining space, as well as DIY space, group study and collaboration areas and a learning center for the sophomore class, which will be constructed in both phases of the project.

“We’re very pleased to work with UNCW to deliver much-anticipated infrastructure that will enable more students to live on campus at the very heart of this growing institution,” said Bob Shepko, president of Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions. “Our team has worked closely with university leadership on a very thoughtful planning and design effort and we look forward to breaking ground on this exciting new offering for UNCW students.”

The development is being designed by Clark Nexsen Architecture and Engineering and constructed by Balfour Beatty Construction. Collegiate Housing Foundation, a national non-profit entity, is the project’s residential facility owner through an issuance of project-based, tax-exempt debt financing.  Upon completion, the housing community will be managed by the University.