\t\t\tUTEP officials broke ground on a new $102 million complex, named Miner Crossing, that will provide a much-needed expansion of UTEP\u2019s on-campus housing on Thursday, May 28, 2026. The five-story residence hall will be\u00a0located on the north side of the track at Kidd Field. | Photo Credit: Ayers Saint Gross\u00a0<\/p>\n
EL PASO, Texas \u2014 Students at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will soon live in a state-of-the-art residence hall equipped with a fitness center and brand-new dining facility near the center of campus. University officials recently broke ground on a new $102 million complex, named Miner Crossing, that will provide a much-needed expansion of UTEP\u2019s on-campus housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be a traditional freshman dorm with an integrated dining hall at a reasonable price for our students and their families,\u201d said UTEP President Heather Wilson in a statement. \u201cWith more and more students applying to UTEP from beyond West Texas, we need to expand our on-campus housing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The new 155,500-square-foot facility will add approximately 507 new beds in single and double occupancy rooms. The five-story residence hall will be\u00a0located\u00a0on the north side of the track at Kidd Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The complex includes a new 22,000-square-foot dining room with seating for 400 guests, serving more than 1,400 meals per day. It will be equipped with a full kitchen, bakery, allergen-free zone, pizza\u00a0oven\u00a0and office spaces for staff. Students will have the\u00a0option\u00a0to choose from 11 food stations, including a salad bar, deli, grill, pizza\u00a0station\u00a0and ice cream bar.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Study rooms and open study nooks will be\u00a0located\u00a0throughout the building, as well as a first-floor amenity space with a gaming area, living room,\u00a0a multi-purpose space and a mailroom. A 1,350-square-foot fitness center will include a mixture of cardio equipment and free weights.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The exterior of the building will reflect UTEP\u2019s distinctive Bhutanese architectural style, complemented by native Chihuahuan desert plant landscaping designed by Ten Eyck Landscape Architects. The firm is also behind the decorative courtyard and breezeway that will sit on the south side of the building, connecting the housing facility to Kidd Field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The building was designed by Ayers Saint Gross and is being built by Sundt Construction.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new housing option will allow students to be fully integrated with campus life,\u201d said Catie McCorry-Andalis, Ed.D., Vice President of Student Affairs, in a statement. \u201cStudents can easily access the track for exercise; the Union for additional dining options; and classes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Construction will take about two\u00a0years\u00a0and the dorm will be complete and available for students in the Fall 2028 semester. UTEP has 1,000 beds on campus currently and has had a waiting list for housing for the last four years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The project team also includes Project Control and PC Sports\u00a0and Mijares Mora Architects Inc.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UTEP officials broke ground on a new $102 million complex, named Miner Crossing, that will provide a much-needed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[117725,69556,138,140,139,289,57342,117726,27,117727],"class_list":["post-329635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-ayers-saint-gross","tag-design-and-construction","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-higher-education","tag-student-housing","tag-sundt-construction","tag-texas","tag-university-of-texas-el-paso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}