View the latest news and updates about the Housing Facilities Strategic Plan.
December 10, 2021 - After active site work for Centennial Village was paused because of the pandemic, the project ramps up this month to prepare for the demolition of Hecht Residential College in May 2022. | More
August 13, 2020 - Lakeside Village, a 12-acre, transformative housing complex on the shores of Lake Osceola in the heart of the Coral Gables Campus, officially opened its doors on Thursday to greet the inaugural class of students. | More
Spring/Summer 2020 - Modern and eco-friendly, the new student housing complex is a place to call home and deepen connections to the community. | More
April 27, 2020 - The University had planned to close the residential college to make way for the construction of Centennial Village—a new, on-campus residential community. That construction has been paused in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. | More
April 24, 2019 - The final concrete slabs for the 25 interconnected buildings of the newly named Lakeside Village are complete, marking a key milestone in the construction. | More
January 7, 2019 - Centennial Village, which will reimagine student housing on the Coral Gables campus, will replace the Stanford and Hecht Residential Colleges with four new residential colleges. | More
August 30, 2018 - UM’s new Student Housing Village, currently under construction, will not open to students until fall 2020. The complex was originally scheduled to open next fall. | The Miami Hurricane
April 22, 2018 - UM’s new Student Housing Village is expected to achieve LEED Gold certification when it opens in Fall 2019 | More
March 26, 2018 - Take a look inside the construction zone and follow the village's progress in real-time. | More
February 28, 2018 - Concrete trucks arrived on the site last week and began pouring concrete into the massive 300-cubic-yard pits that will serve as foundational footings for the building’s stilt-like supports. | More
May 18, 2017 - The City of Coral Gables Board of Architects granted its final administrative approval today for the new Student Housing Village to be built at the University of Miami. | More
May 3, 2017 - The City of Coral Gables Board of Architects provided their preliminary approval for the housing village on March 27, paving the way for the project to begin its initial demolition phase. | More
March 9, 2017 - An impressive scale model of the new Student Housing Village was installed Wednesday at the University of Miami Office of Admission lobby. | Photos
Jan. 27, 2017 - The City of Coral Gables Development Review Committee heard a presentation Friday from the University of Miami to put in motion the development and construction of a new housing project on the Coral Gables campus. The new Student Housing Village, presently slated to begin operation in Fall 2019, is estimated to cost $155 million and is planned to sit on more than 8 acres of land on the southeastern corner of Lake Osceola. The proposed site stretches from the campus lake southward to Ponce de Leon Boulevard and westward to Merrick Drive. | More
