Plans are in the works for the construction of a new dormitory on the Texas State University campus.
The Texas State University System issued a Request for Qualification in May for a developer for a dormitory to house freshmen. According to the RFQ, the university has 23 on-campus dormitories with a capacity of 6,646. With a few exceptions, all first-year students are required to live on campus, and between 94 and 96 percent of incoming freshmen reside in on-campus housing, the document states. For at least eight of the past 10 years, demand for on-campus housing has exceeded capacity. Moreover, the university has set a goal to provide on-campus housing for transfer students and sophomores who want to live on campus. In order to accommodate onethird of the sophomore class, the RFQ states, another 1,597 beds would be needed.
“To accommodate the rising number of freshmen and continuing student housing needs, the University will need approximately 700 additional beds to serve incoming freshmen for the Fall 2021 semester,” the document states. “To achieve its on-campus housing goals, the University is seeking a qualified development team to develop a minimum of 2,100 dormitory-style beds over the course of three phases, with the first 700 beds coming online by Fall of 2021.”
