PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES FIRST CAMPUS HOUSING AT UM-DEARBORN

DEARBORN, MICH. — The University of Michigan at Dearborn, one of two regional campuses of the University of Michigan, will open its first student housing in fall 2013 across the street from the main campus. Urban Campus Communities (UCC) is funding the $30 million Union at Dearborn, which will be managed by Asset Campus Housing. It will include housing for more than 500 students as well as space leased by the university for student life activities, including meeting rooms, student gathering spaces, group study rooms, offices for student organizations and a cabaret-style theater. UCC finalized the purchase of the property from Ford Land on Thursday, Sept. 13. The development is privately owned and operated. It is not owned or operated by UM-Dearborn.