Students will start moving in Saturday to the 407-bed, 11-story center tower of Wayne State University's newest and priciest apartment complex.

The first phase of the three-building, $111 million mixed housing-retail project is coming online for the fall semester.

The other two connected buildings comprising Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments are still under construction and are expected to open in June 2019. The entire complex is to be the largest student housing structure on the Detroit campus, with 841 total beds in 406,800 square feet, university Chief Housing Officer and associate vice president Tim Michael said during a tour Monday.

Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building Co. is the general contractor under Corvias, the company with which Wayne State signed a 40-year, $1.4 billion partnership last fall to develop, finance and operate the school's student housing. Detroit-based Hamilton Anderson Associates is working with Corvias and Wayne State on the design of the Anthony Wayne apartment complex, which has outdoor courtyard space and furnished apartments ranging from studios to four bedrooms. It will house primarly upperclassmen.

The units are the highest priced that Wayne State offers, Michael said. The university found student demand for this price range, he added, and if some students move there, it could free up less costly housing for others.

On-campus housing is fully occupied, Michael said, with demand exceeding supply. He expects 3,400 students to live on campus this fall, though final numbers aren't tallied until after the semester starts Aug. 29. Last fall, 3,108 undergraduate and graduate students lived on campus out of 27,089 total enrolled, according to the school's Office Of Institutional Research and Analysis.

A 2016 market demand study and a Wayne State strategic plan found the university could support more expensive housing with amenities included in the cost such as internet, video streaming, utilities and special furnishings such as full-size beds, he said.

Rent at Anthony Wayne comes out to approximately $1,139 per month for a single room in a four-bedroom apartment to $1,504 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.

The 2016 market demand study found the average cost of per-person housing off campus near Wayne State in Midtown (including a $100 utility charge) to be $965 for a one-bedroom and $774 for a spot in a four-bedroom unit. The study's figures don't take into account price rises since 2016, or the furnishings and amenities Anthony Wayne offers.

A winter 2018 study by Detroit-based Broder & Sachse Real Estate recorded the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom unit in Midtown as $1,400.