Christopher Paladino, president of AC Devco, said an application will be submitted to the CRDA for a land-use hearing, scheduled for April 18. He said the application will seek preliminary and final site plan approval for the project.

Stockton and AC Devco have not signed an agreement, which university President Harvey Kesselman has said is dependent on securing funding for the project.

Paladino said he hopes to begin construction in September. The project could be completed by September 2021.

The former Eldredge building will be demolished as part of the project.

There was a strong demand for Atlantic City campus housing this year. Of the more than 500 students living in the city’s residential building, 100 of those have committed to 12-month leases. Housing applications for the fall are currently being accepted.

The new building would sit adjacent to Stockton’s Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism as well as the parking garage of the former Atlantic Club Casino Hotel, which Stockton had considered buying over the summer. That deal never went through.