TCU campus on Monday, July 6, 2015. (Star-Telegram/Joyce Marshall)
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The TCU Board of Trustees have announced a number of campus construction and development updates that will push the school’s new strategic plan further into motion.
Trustees agreed during their meeting March 26 to several updates on a number of major capital projects, including dorms and major renovations. A dorm for about 2,500 students will open on the east side of the campus in the fall 2027 semester. That agreement came as the university continues to roll out its ambitious enrollment increase campaign in the coming years.
Other development updates from the meeting include a new east campus parking garage and police station, which will be completed in February 2027, major renovations to the campus’ Market Square at Brown-Lutpon Univeristy Union, estimated to be finished in August, and a new TCU golf training and teaching facility, estimated to open in May. Sesquincentennial Plaza on campus will also be renovated.
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Trustees also approved financial details for the renovation of Ed Landreth Hall and Auditorium to accommodate increased costs of construction. Those renovations are expected to begin this summer and be completed by fall 2028.
The Morado on Berry Street, a previously announced apartment for 800, will be available to upper-class and graduate students, and also include 25,000 square feet of retail and parking space. It will open in fall 2027.
More preparation also continues for the future development on Berry Street, a key area of focus for the university and its strategic plan. TCU wants to turn the area into the “place to be” on campus. Plans include apartments, shops, parking and office space that will be completed by 2030.
These construction and development updates comes as TCU continues to advance its strategic plan. The seven key aspects of the strategic plan include better classrooms, a stronger medical school, “sense of place,” an improved athletic department, turning Berry Street into TCU’s “place to be,” connecting TCU to the Trinity River, and turning east campus into a thriving residential hub for campus life.
Also part of TCU’s plan is to aggressively increase enrollment in the coming years. The school had 11,152 undergraduate students during the fall 2025 semester. TCU’s goal is to grow up to 18,000 by 2035. Just six years ago, TCU had less than 10,000 undergraduate students.
The school plans to add 25 total buildings including dorms, classrooms and parking garages in the coming years. Last week TCU received a $10 million donation from the Roach Foundation to further push its strategic plan forward.
Another major goal of the university is to achieve Research 1 status, which is the highest classification given to research universities in the nation. Last summer, TCU hired a new vice provost for research, Reuben Burch V. In December, TCU also announced a $10 million investment into a plan to accelerate AI use and research on campus, hoping to improve its case for eventual R1 status.
This story was originally published March 31, 2026 at 12:46 PM.
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Samuel O’Neal is a local news reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram covering higher education and local news in Fort Worth. He joined the team in December 2025 after previously working as a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He graduated from Temple University, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the school’s student paper, The Temple News.