UConn To Lease Apartments To Expand Its Bed Base

STORRS CT — The University of Connecticut is taking several steps to enhance student housing options.

The UConn Board of Trustees last week approved plans to lease a portion of The Oaks on the Square apartment development in Downtown Storrs for the next two years. The move will open 384 units to students and add more than 600 bedrooms, according to the proposal.

In Stamford, UConn plans to add about 350 new student beds starting in July 2026 in apartments at 1201 Washington Boulevard, not far from some of its current student housing at 900 Washington Boulevard and just down the street from the UConn Stamford campus.

The new agreements will bring the number of available beds to about 13,900 on or adjacent to the Storrs campus starting in fall 2025 and nearly 1,025 beds near the Stamford campus starting in the 2026-27 academic year.

The actions are part of UConn's previously announced strategy that "recognizes the strong link between students’ academic success and their sense of community — especially in the earliest years of their college careers, when living in residence halls can provide foundational supports and friendships."

Construction is expected to begin soon on apartment-style, privately developed housing near UConn Hartford that will provide about 200 beds for students at that campus starting in fall 2026.

UConn is also reviewing the potential for access to student housing near the Avery Point campus.
Demand for student housing throughout UConn’s campuses has been strong in recent years.

On the Storrs camous, space constraints have occurred despite the opening of the new 657-bed Connecticut Hall last fall, the conversion of some lounges into living spaces, and other actions to increase capacity, officials said.