Funding has now been secured for the long-planned construction of a large 142,000-square-foot student housing complex on the El Paso campus of the University of Texas.
Members of the University of Texas System Board of Regents have voted to approve a $102 million in funding for the planned four-story facility which will house upwards of 507 beds.
The project will include both one and two-bedroom units, along with a fitness center, activity room, dining room, study room, and several lounges.
The $102 million allocation for the project is reduced from the $108 million approved three months ago as part of the University of Texas’s larger Capital Improvement Program.
That $102 million will be financed through the Revenue Financing System, with those funds to be repaid long-term by UTEP through housing revenue streams.
The complex will be built just to the north of the school’s Kidd Field and will feature the iconic Bhutanese architecture design style that distinguishes so many other structures on the UTEP campus.
The new housing complex will increase the school’s total bed capacity from around 1,000 to 1,454.
It is thought that work on the complex will launch later this spring, with a completion date in time for the fall 2028 semester.
February 23, 2026
By Garry Boulard
