{"id":431526,"date":"2026-08-13T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431526\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T07:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:02:20","slug":"fresno-state-opens-first-major-student-housing-project-since-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431526\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno State opens first major student housing project since 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fresno-state-student-housing-2026-1200x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"student housing building\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">The new 80,000-square-foot student housing facility, located on the corner of Shaw and Cedar avenues, is four stories high and includes 228 apartment-style beds with one- to four-bedroom units, including a limited number of apartments for students with children. Photo courtesy of Fresno State<\/p>\n<p>Fresno State and community leaders celebrated the ribbon-cutting for the long-awaited opening of the university\u2019s first major student housing project since 1968 on Tuesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 80,000-square-foot, four-story building at Shaw and Cedar avenues includes 228 beds in apartment-style, one- to four-bedroom units. A limited number of apartments are designated for students with children, with six student families among this year\u2019s new residents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Students will start moving into the new housing on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opening of our first new student housing project in more than 50 years marks a transformational moment for the university and the students we serve,\u201d Fresno State President Sa\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez-Sandoval said.<\/p>\n<p>The U-shaped building comes with a gym, recreation room and conference space. Amenities include kitchens and living areas, child-friendly flooring and furniture, an outdoor play structure, basketball court and fire pit area.<\/p>\n<p>Construction started in 2025. Santa Ana-based architecture firm SVA designed the project, while Quiring served as construction manager and general contractor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The roughly $54 million project was funded with $33.7 million in state affordable student housing grants and about $20 million in California State University systemwide revenue bonds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The California State University, Fresno Association Inc. will be responsible for repaying the debt over the life of the bonds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CSU Board of Trustees approved the project\u2019s schematic design in July 2023 and financing in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The new building brings Fresno State Student Housing\u2019s total capacity to 1,598 students across 10 buildings, including Baker, Birch, Cedar, Graves, Homan, Ponderosa, Sequoia, Sycamore and Aspen halls.<\/p>\n<p>Erin Boele, director of Student Housing, said the project creates a supportive environment where students and their families can live and thrive together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project has transformed Fresno State Student Housing by creating a welcoming, supportive place where students and their families can thrive together,\u201d Boele said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new 80,000-square-foot student housing facility, located on the corner of Shaw and Cedar avenues, is four stories&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113,742,6657],"class_list":["post-431526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-state","tag-student-housing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}