BOSTON — Capstone Development Partners and Provident Commonwealth Education Resources Inc. have closed on the financing for a $139 million student housing and dining community to be constructed on the University of Massachusetts Boston campus. The development will be the first on-campus student housing at the university. The two-building, 250,000-square-foot community is set to feature 1,077 beds targeted for primarily first-year students and an approximately 23,000-square-foot dining facility. The property will also include living-learning amenities such as seminar rooms, study lounges and other social and academic amenities to support student success and enhance the quality of campus life. Structured as a public-private partnership project, the development is being financed by tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by the Massachusetts Development Authority and underwritten by Citigroup. Provident Commonwealth Education Resources will own the housing and dining space, subject to a ground lease from the institution. UMass Boston and Capstone On-Campus Management will manage the housing. The design-build team for the project includes Elkus Manfredi Architects and Shawmut Design and Construction. Construction is slated to begin within the coming weeks, with completion scheduled for fall 2018.
