To meet growing enrollment, Purdue University trustees approved plans for a new 150-bed residence hall at Purdue University Northwest.
The plans also include an expanded lease for another 272 beds at Purdue University in Indianapolis.
The $29 million, three-story residence hall at Purdue Northwest will feature a combination of pod-style, single- and double-occupancy rooms. The residence hall will feature a common kitchen, laundry facilities, study areas and a student lounge. Construction is scheduled to start next July, with completion expected by July 2026.
The residence hall will be built at the corner of Woodmar Avenue and 173rd St. in Hammond. The project will help meet student housing demand by addressing a waitlist that has been present annually since 2022.
This fall, PNW welcomed 1,700 new undergraduate students and the largest number of graduate students since before the COVID-19 pandemic. The total number of students attending classes on the PNW campuses is 6,049 students.
For Purdue’s main Indianapolis campus, trustees agreed to extend the master lease agreement for the remaining 272 beds in the 74 apartments at LUX on Capitol through the 2026-27 academic year. The 11-story housing facility, at 501 N. Capitol Ave., includes 672 beds in 196 apartments and 374 parking spaces.
The extended $16.9 million lease commitment with Scion Group will be financed by Auxiliary Funds-Housing/Dining. In December 2023, trustees approved executing the initial master lease with LUX on Capitol for 400 beds in 122 apartments for fall 2024.
More than 105,000 students study at Purdue University across modalities and locations, including nearly 50,000 in person on the West Lafayette campus. The university broke ground on its first campus buildings in 1871. Purdue Northwest was established in 2016 when two Purdue system universities — Purdue University Calumet and Purdue University North Central — merged.
