The University of Texas at San Antonio is shooting for 5,400 student beds by 2025. Following the latest announcement that the school is starting work on a 600-bed project, it will only be a few hundred short of its goal.

UTSA celebrated the groundbreaking for Blanco Hall, a residential community that will house first-year students and sophomores on the Main Campus. Students will be able to use the complex’s multipurpose room as an education and training center to engage students in meaningful research related to chronic disease prevention. The complex will feature a variety of common spaces for study and community-building activities.

As a living-learning community, Blanco Hall will feature educational resources, including a unique kitchen supporting UTSA’s dietetics program. Students will benefit from the hall’s proximity to dining options, existing residence communities and campus resources that enable students to develop personally and professionally.