{"id":347182,"date":"2026-07-21T12:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347182\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:01:13","slug":"four-building-2-billion-student-housing-venture-planned-for-university-of-florida-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347182\/","title":{"rendered":"Four-Building $2 Billion Student Housing Venture Planned for University of Florida Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A student housing project for the University of Florida is in the works to meet the growing demand for on-campus living.<\/p>\n<p>Construction has started on four residential buildings slated to replace the now-demolished Simpson, Trusler, and Graham residence halls. Those buildings were constructed more than 60 years ago and torn down in June 2025. Together, they offered a combined 622 student beds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-41158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-20-at-10.02.28-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"434\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Simpson residence hall (pictured) was demolished in June 2025. Image from Google Earth<\/p>\n<p>The four new buildings will feature a total of 2,217\u00a0beds; two buildings will open in time for the fall 2028 semester, while the other two are scheduled for completion later that same year. The community will feature more than 500,000 square feet of new construction, with residents having access to a suite of amenities, including but not limited to communal kitchens, gathering space, and laundry rooms. Additional features include an expansive disability resource center and Amazon Market.<\/p>\n<p>The four-building venture is part of a larger, transformative initiative that\u2019s intended to last 10 years. At the decade\u2019s end, the University of Florida will have added 10,000 beds across its 2,000-acre campus. The endeavor is estimated to cost more than $2 billion to complete.<\/p>\n<p>Balfour Beatty\u2019s Campus Solutions and U.S. Buildings are working together to develop the project. Our sources do not name an exact address for the buildings; yet, Simpson residence hall was formerly located at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/EDDgiWP2sKycM4158\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2089 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL, 32608<\/a>, in Alachua County.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hud0UH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Ffloridayimby.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google_preferred_source_badge.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Make YIMBY preferred on Google\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/floridayimby.com\/category\/uncategorized\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uncategorized<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A student housing project for the University of Florida is in the works to meet the growing demand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-347182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}