$88M project to bring 266 new student-housing beds to VIU

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Construction of the new student-housing complex is set to start next spring, with the beds expected to open in the fall of 2025.

Vancouver Island University is getting 266 new student-housing beds and a new dining hall in an $87.8-million project announced Friday on the Nanaimo campus.

Construction is set to start next spring. Once the new beds open, the university will be able to fulfill its goal of offering on-campus housing to every first-year student, said VIU president Deborah Saucier. Last year, facing a wait list of 300 students wanting to get into residence, VIU put out a call to the community asking residents to open their homes to help alleviate the shortage.Cole Reinbold, who is studying marketing at VIU, said the situation was so dire that some students were initially sleeping in the library and in their vehicles.

 

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