The University of Victoria will be adding 510 new beds on its campus, thanks to a $121M investment from the Government of British Columbia. The $178M project includes plans for a 17-storey high-rise tower with 90 four-bedroom units for upper-year undergraduate students, a seven-storey mid-rise wing with studio units for graduate students, and amenities such as shared spaces and secure athletic storage for equipment. The building will meet LEED Gold certification. “The addition of dedicated graduate and upper-level undergraduate housing on campus will be highly impactful for our students, many of whom currently live quite far from UVic and miss out on a lot of the student experience,” said UVic Graduate Student Society Chair Rosemary Webb.
