Urban Indiana

Butler University planning apartment-style student housing for upperclassmen, grad students

Butler University is pursuing a plan to build apartment-style housing on its campus to accommodate juniors, seniors, graduate students and alumni.

While the university has not finalized details of such a project—including total units, location, design or cost—it is in conversation with multiple developers about building the housing. University officials hopes to secure board of trustees approval for the project by the end of the year.

It likely would be built in phases, with the first completed by summer 2026, according to a media release from the university on Tuesday.

"Although students aren't required to live on campus during their senior year, we consistently hear from many students and families expressing a desire to do so," Frank E. Ross, III, Butler's Vice President of Student Affairs, said in the release. "There simply isn't enough housing in the neighborhoods surrounding campus to accommodate everyone, and they are mostly older homes that don't offer modern living amenities that students desire."

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