The University of Connecticut board of trustees Wednesday voted to spend $6.5 million on the design phase of a new residence hall on its Storrs campus.
The project will not officially move forward until the board approves a construction budget.
The new residence hall, which has been part of the university’s master plan since 2015, would be located on the South Campus and house about 650 students with occupancy planned for the fall of 2024.
The university said about 12,000 students live in the school’s residence halls at Storrs in an average year.
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The $6.5 million will be paid via state bond funding. Similar bond funding was used for the university’s Werth Tower, which opened in 2016.
