Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions has announced that it has successfully reached financial close on a public-private partnership (P3) project to develop an on-campus housing and dining community at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). The two-phase project will house approximately 1,814 students.

Located in the south-east of the UNCW campus, the development's first phase is scheduled to open for the Fall (autumn) 2020 semester and will deliver 1,038 beds in a pod-style configuration for first-year students. In the second phase, 776 beds in both pod and semi-suite styles will be added for the Fall 2021 semester for second-year students and upperclassmen.

The development will also include more than 3,500 square feet (325 square metres) of dining space, as well as DIY space, group study and collaboration areas and a learning centre for the sophomore class, which will be constructed in both phases of the project.

The development is being designed by Clark Nexsen Architecture and Engineering and constructed by Balfour Beatty Construction. Collegiate Housing Foundation, a national non-profit entity, is the project's residential facility owner through an issuance of project-based, tax-exempt debt financing. Upon completion, the housing community will be managed by the University.