College Park/UMD Student Housing - Too Much of A good Thing? (Frederick: 2015)

[adelphi_sky]

Here are recent stats of student housing developments in the last 7 years compared to non-student housing.

I recall when students protested on campus in tents complaining about the lack of student housing. since then, there has been a wave of new student housing construction on campus and off. Could there soon be a glut of student housing? too much of a good thing?

Hard to do formatting in here. For a cleaner view, click the link below:

Beds and Units: Status of College Park’s Student Housing | KabirCares.org


On-Campus Student Housing Developments Year Completed Number of Beds

South Campus Commons #7 2010 368
Oakland Hall 2011 709
Prince Frederick Hall 2014 462
1,539


Off-Campus Student Housing Developments Year Completed Number of Beds

Built/Under Construction

University View I 2005 1,042
University View II 2010 516
Mazza Grandmarc 2010 630
The Varsity 2011 901
The Enclave – Phase I 2011 369
Maryland Book Exchange 2015 850
4,308
Approved Plans

Knox Village Planned for 2016 1,575
The Enclave – Phase II ? 300
University View Village ? 992
2,867


Non-Student Housing Developments Year Completed Number of Units

Built/Under Construction

Camden College Park 2007 508
The Domain 2013 236
744

Approved Plans

Monument Village Planned for 2016 235
Metropolitan* Planned for 2016 283
518

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

Here are recent stats of student housing developments in the last 7 years compared to non-student housing.

I recall when students protested on campus in tents complaining about the lack of student housing. since then, there has been a wave of new student housing construction on campus and off. Could there soon be a glut of student housing? too much of a good thing?

Hard to do formatting in here. For a cleaner view, click the link below:

Beds and Units: Status of College Park’s Student Housing | KabirCares.org


On-Campus Student Housing Developments Year Completed Number of Beds

South Campus Commons #7 2010 368
Oakland Hall 2011 709
Prince Frederick Hall 2014 462
1,539


Off-Campus Student Housing Developments Year Completed Number of Beds

Built/Under Construction

University View I 2005 1,042
University View II 2010 516
Mazza Grandmarc 2010 630
The Varsity 2011 901
The Enclave – Phase I 2011 369
Maryland Book Exchange 2015 850
4,308
Approved Plans

Knox Village Planned for 2016 1,575
The Enclave – Phase II ? 300
University View Village ? 992
2,867


Non-Student Housing Developments Year Completed Number of Units

Built/Under Construction

Camden College Park 2007 508
The Domain 2013 236
744

Approved Plans

Monument Village Planned for 2016 235
Metropolitan* Planned for 2016 283
518

"Could there soon be a glut of student housing? too much of a good thing?'

Without the student enrollment of those that will reside there, there is NO way to to even make an educated guess.

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

"Could there soon be a glut of student housing? too much of a good thing?'

Without the student enrollment of those that will reside there, there is NO way to to even make an educated guess.

They have the numbers. The developers are betting that the students move away from renting housing in the residential neighborhoods and move into student housing closer to campus. So the question is, how much of those students will want to move from SFH and other areas around DC to the new student housing units downtown. This includes students from other colleges in the area who may want to live with other students like at University Town Center.

Also, do we want the ratio of students to permanent residents to be so high that College Park as a town empties out every summer and becomes a ghost town? pretty much like it is now with stores closing early during the summer hours.

[bluevisor]

More supply hopefully will drive down prices. And a lot of the rental housing is run by slumlords that take advantage of students who don't know their rights.