LAFAYETTE, LA. — RISE: A Real Estate Co., in partnership with University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette), has broken ground on a 600-bed student housing community located on the university’s campus in Lafayette. The five-building development will feature 5,000 square feet of retail space and will be catered toward upperclassmen. The community will feature two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments with full kitchens, bed-to-bath parity and in-unit washers and dryers. Community amenities will include a fitness center, business center, study rooms, game rooms, resident lounge, swimming pool, sand volleyball court and grilling stations. In addition, the community will offer direct connection to the UL Lafayette campus via a pedestrian bridge over an existing drainage canal. The Lemoine Co. is the project’s general contractor, and Niles Bolton Associates is the architect. The project will be financed through a partnership with Ragin’ Cajuns Facilities Inc., which will own the new community upon completion. The project is scheduled to deliver in advance of the fall 2019 semester.
