Construction Underway On Big UCSB Student Housing Project

Construction Underway On Big UCSB Student Housing Project

A long-awaited UC Santa Barbara housing project is underway.  Goleta and Isla Vista residents may have noticed three large cranes on campus for the San Benito housing project, which is set to add 2,224 student beds in seven apartment-style buildings for UCSB undergraduates. The university is building the apartments instead of the controversial Munger Hall project that would have had 3,500 students in a nine-story residence hall. The university r…