Work is expected to begin later this year on a project that will see the construction of a new student housing complex on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso.
The project will create enough space for just under 460 beds in both single and double occupancy rooms, and will additionally include several lounges, a study hall, dining space, and fitness center.
The co-ed dormitory is geared for freshmen students.
Projected to cost around $108 million to complete, the project was approved last November by UTEP’s Board of Regents and will be financed through the school’s Revenue Financing System.
Supporters of the project, including most prominently UTEP President Heather Wilson, have argued that the new housing space is needed not only because of the school’s growing enrollment, but also because of the increasing number of students who want to live on campus.
The new complex, which is expected to be completed by the fall of 2028, will go up on the north side of the Kidd Field and to the south of the Miner Village Student Apartments. Demolition work launched earlier this month has centered on getting rid of stadium seating at that field to make way for the complex.
The housing project comes as UTEP is undertaking an estimated $118 million in deferred campus maintenance projects.
May 19, 2026
By Garry Boulard
Rendering of student housing courtesy of University of Texas at El Paso
