The University of Massachusetts Amherst is moving forward with its plans to develop new undergraduate, graduate and family housing on campus.
The university has selected Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions and Axium Infrastructure as the developer/investment team for the project, following a request for proposals that was launched through the UMass Building Authority (UMBA) last year.
UMass said the Balfour Beatty/Axium team was selected from a large pool of competitive responses.
The development team, which is contracted under a public-private partnership (P3) model, will provide planning and project management, design and construction services. The project includes the development of 600 beds of undergraduate apartment-style housing and 200 beds of graduate student apartment-style housing along Massachusetts Avenue. It will also add 120 family housing units at the site of the former North Village Apartments.
UMass Amherst currently has 52 residence halls an