Construction on University Place @ LaSalle has been coming along. Legacy Developments’ $40 million, six-building complex will contain about 700+ beds in apartment style suites geared towards college students. A total of 339 units are planned in studio to four-bedroom layouts. To date, one building is largely complete and others have started vertical construction.

The development is tucked in just off of LaSalle Avenue and lies a half block from Main Street. It’s just a short walk from the Main/LaSalle Metro Station, allowing residents easy access to downtown and UB’s nearby South Campus. It is also adjacent to McCarthy Park.

According to the website of lead architect Charles Gordon Architecture, the development “emphasizes a ‘complete streets’ model highlighted by short blocks, lively glassy and friendly street corners, and a series of very small scale usable courtyards. […] Extensive surface parking requirements are hidden behind individual buildings in small pods that feel appropriate to the surrounding neighborhood scale.”

Construction started in December 2014 with full completion targeted for the fall of 2017.

Get Connected: Legacy Development, 716.689.3300