$20M Student Housing Complex Opens at SDSU
REAL ESTATE: StateSide Built on Schedule Despite Challenges
BY RAY HUARD
A $20-million student housing project, serving San Diego State University, opened as scheduled in September, overcoming what the builders said were nearly unprecedented challenges.
“We’re talking historic levels of rainfall, almost 60% above our annual average and nearly double what some communities receive in a normal year,” said Rudy Medina, founding partner of Next Space Development, based on Shelter Island.
Next Space partnered with Pacific Residential in building StateSide, which is managed by Campus Life & Style.
The project, called StateSide for its proximity to SDSU at 6151 Montezuma Road, finished on time and on budget while some similar projects were delayed, Medina said.
“It was really difficult. We had to bring in heaters to put drywall up, to dry paint out, to help dry the stucco. It was quite an effort. We were working seven days a week,” Medina said. “The last month was very, very challenging. We delivered it during Hurricane Hilary.”
Designed by Joseph Wong Design Associates, the five-story complex has 130 beds in 27 apartments averaging about 1,100 square feet – 22 four-bedroom apartments, three three-bedroom apartments, and two two-bedroom apartments. Rent is charged by the bed rather than by the apartment.
“We set out to make a modern, urban design that would transform the architecture of San Diego State,” said Keith Henderson of Pacific Residential. “When we designed StateSide, we wanted something different, something fresh.”
Instead of the mission-style design of the on-campus buildings, StateSide uses corrugated steel in red and black with accents of gray, following the school colors of SDSU, Henderson said.
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