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Portland State University (PSU) in Oregon will build an $85 million housing building on its downtown campus. Currently in the design phase, construction is anticipated to begin in winter 2027.
The residence complex will be between six to seven stories tall and house 550 beds. All units will include private bathrooms in addition to the building’s classroom spaces, study lounges, community kitchen and staff offices.
As part of the project, PSU will deconstruct the Blackstone and Montgomery buildings. These housing structures no longer meet the requirements needed to ensure students live comfortably on-campus. With the aging buildings providing too many problems to resolve, the university will remove them to make room for the new housing building.
Plans include recycling as many materials from the deconstructed buildings as possible. The reclaimed materials will be incorporated into the new construction. The university anticipates beginning the deconstruction process in late 2026.
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