Aggie Mega Dorm
1300 units

But does it have soviet era architecture?

If the design/build construction part of the 360M project is 245M, does that mean the 48 acres sold for 115M? I knew that land would be valuable but dayyumm

Anyone know exactly where this is going? The article said off GB but is it out by the intramural fields?

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If the design/build construction part of the 360M project is 245M, does that mean the 48 acres sold for 115M? I knew that land would be valuable but dayyumm

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I don't think they bought the land, I think they're leasing it from the school

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Anyone know exactly where this is going? The article said off GB but is it out by the intramural fields?

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I think it's on the other side of George Bush from the intramural fields

Luther Street

20 more of those and a&m can house 80,000 students.

http://www.theeagle.com/news/local/texas-a-m-unveils-plans-for-m--bed-park/article_6a93eb90-fc22-5817-a638-217b3c3c8b35.html

there goes the free football parking along Luther St

Looks like you only have to walk 5 miles to get from your car to your dorm. But at least they'll have a Shamoo sized water fountain. I'm sure the prices will be very reasonable.

If you look at it from above, it looks like the main building has two huge eyes and the other buildings form kind of two halves of a little body. Looks almost kinda like an... owl?

RICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought a big dorm complex on West Campus was just completed?

Does anyone feel that these massive dorm complexes (built on the outskirts of campus) will take over ALL on-campus housing? And eventually, some of the dorms on Northside and southside will be torn down to build future classroom buildings? Or for that matter create some space and open up some grassy areas again?

Yes, this is probably only the beginning, unfortunately.

I believe the university is moving towards requiring freshman to live in a dorm. Though this monstrosity and the west campus dorms aren't really on campus.

Hope this is done well... we'll see. From the link:

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The development layout consists of one eight-story, number 8-shaped complex with a rooftop pool that Myllykangas considers the "high-energy" area of the development with views of Kyle Field. Two five-story C-shaped complexes with swimming pools at each center will serve as quieter lounge areas. Two rows of three-story town homes will line the east and west sides of the development.

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It's 3400 beds. Wonder if the complexes include parking. For comparison the West Campus Garage has a total of 3692 spaces.

"The complex will also include retail and office space, as well as an eight-story parking garage."

I guess the trend to mega has begun.

The site is bounded by George Bush, the new Penberthy Road extension, and Luther St. There won't be another one of these built on campus. The next likely dorm development will be on Southside at Bizzell or the second phase of the White Creek apartments on west campus.

These are no further away from west campus class rooms than the southside dorms are and will be next door to the new RecSports fields that are being developed to replace those lost due to the new softball and T&F facilities.

Anyone that wants to say it's becoming a less walkable campus...well that statement would have applied at any point the last three decades but there's now a dedicated directive to build connected districts and link the discrete parts of campus rather than just plop buildings down in a hodge podge fashion. If anything it's becoming more walkable, albeit covering a larger area.

Seems innovative.

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I thought a big dorm complex on West Campus was just completed?

Does anyone feel that these massive dorm complexes (built on the outskirts of campus) will take over ALL on-campus housing? And eventually, some of the dorms on Northside and southside will be torn down to build future classroom buildings? Or for that matter create some space and open up some grassy areas again?

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Short answer, no. And there are no plans that would indicate that's anyone's plan.

The list of dorms up for demolition has been around for a decade or longer. There have been only three to fall and were replaced by a dorm of equal number of beds lost.

The Commons center is being renovated right now (just the central building, not the dorms connecting to it yet).

As the campus becomes more urban green space will continue to shrink unless it's specifically set aside. I don't see it growing at all.

It appears this is a ground lease and the housing does not belong to TAMU. So I'm not thinking it will be considered a TAMU "Dorm" any more than what is going to be constructed by private companies where old married student housing was. Don't think TAMU will be managing it.

You can walk to the ag buildings, business school, reed, Kyle, the rec, penberthy, and the bush school from that location. Al beit a long walk, but not much further from where you'd have to park at reed arena anyway.

Freshman and Sophmores (who live in dorms) are walking to main campus for classes, which means they'll have to drive. It's losing the college campus feel.

" less walkable campus"

I'll say. Wow!

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Freshman and Sophmores (who live in dorms) are walking to main campus for classes, which means they'll have to drive. It's losing the college campus feel.

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Not always. You do know they have buses, right? You do know a lot of freshman will take atleast one classe at their desired school. There is no such thing as general studies anymore, so a lot of people who were accepted to mays or the ag school will take a few classes on west campus and a few on main. It will vary depending on the semester and their schedule, but to say that exclusively makes no sense.

The truth is there is a lot of student activity on west campus during the day.

No different than what half the freshman class has done when they live off campus. We've historically had a significantly higher percentage of our non-freshman undergraduates re-up for on campus housing versus national peers. This has compressed the number of slots available to incoming freshmen.

A dedicated bus loop will serve this the exact same as the rest of campus. It's also not much further away than I had to go when I lived on campus and had to bike to Mays on west campus before the latest underground tunnel was built.

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It appears this is a ground lease and the housing does not belong to TAMU. So I'm not thinking it will be considered a TAMU "Dorm" any more than what is going to be constructed by private companies where old married student housing was. Don't think TAMU will be managing it.

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A&M gets it back after 30 years...

to 100k students and beyond...

So can I create a non-profit organization, "sell" my house to it, and then "rent" my house from the non-profit for an amount equal to the mortgage minus property taxes? If a private company can use a non-profit to avoid property taxes, can't everyone else do the same thing?

How much Ramen Noodles can it hold?

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The site is bounded by George Bush, the new Penberthy Road extension, and Luther St. There won't be another one of these built on campus. The next likely dorm development will be on Southside at Bizzell or the second phase of the White Creek apartments on west campus.

These are no further away from west campus class rooms than the southside dorms are and will be next door to the new RecSports fields that are being developed to replace those lost due to the new softball and T&F facilities.

Anyone that wants to say it's becoming a less walkable campus...well that statement would have applied at any point the last three decades but there's now a dedicated directive to build connected districts and link the discrete parts of campus rather than just plop buildings down in a hodge podge fashion. If anything it's becoming more walkable, albeit covering a larger area.

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Agree that the walkable train left College Station a long time ago. 30 years sounds about right for when the decision was made to build West Campus instead of moving the golf course.

I think it was when Gates was here that we had some "master planners" come in and paid them a lot of money to say that our campus looks like it has no master plan. And that was before they put a bunch of the Med School out past the airport.

I look at that rendering and I have to say it looks frighteningly like the terrible high-density housing projects of the 1960s. Or Brasilia. Hope I'm wrong!

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Freshman and Sophmores (who live in dorms) are walking to main campus for classes, which means they'll have to drive. It's losing the college campus feel.

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Business major. 50/50 main vs west campus as an underclassman. If you schedule properly. You go back to back without going across campus many times. Essentially, NBD.

I did have a back to back one semester in Blocker and Weiner though. Suck.

^ Exactly. I worked it out where Tuesday/Thursday I was just on west campus. MWF I had all classes on main campus except my last one, which was on west campus, but that worked out great because my truck would be parked at Reed.

You can schedule it where it's really not that big of a deal. Or if you are into exercise, you can go back and forth and be the smelly/sweaty person in a 200 person class.

The video misspells Gerge Bush.

Also, are these not Off-Campus Apartments. Calling them Dorms only brings attention to the development.