Homes are springing up along with the daffodils in Allendale and Georgetown townships this spring, many of them aimed at the needs of Grand Valley State University students.

It's been a long time coming, but The Enclave in Allendale is well on its way to housing up to 275 students, one of several new projects near Grand Valley State University.

The 14 acres of land in Allendale at 4628 Allen Park Drive, west of Sleep Inn Suites and Laser Dynamics, became a political battleground when owner Stu Becker first proposed a campus housing development in 2010. Now, after two referendum elections and a lawsuit that prescribed a slightly downsized project, the site is finally under construction. Now called The Enclave, the project will be home to as many as 275 college students and possibly a handful of small businesses. A small parcel of land north of The Enclave also was recently rezoned to allow student housing.

At a recent facilities meeting, GVSU officials shared plans to remove some older on-campus apartments and add some new, to make a total of between 463 and 498 units.

More student housing is going up near the GVSU campus. The Grove, the name of the first project first proposed by Becker on Allen Park Drive, is a new student housing project on Pierce Street just west of 48th Avenue. Site work started last year. Campus Crest is now the developer of The Grove, a 12-building project that will provide 600 beds.

Across the street from The Grove, fraternity and sorority houses boasting Greek names were completed in 2014. A second phase is beginning this spring.

West Wind Place, a townhome-style development, has a long history of zoning changes, and is now being marketed as upscale multi-family housing for young professionals.

In Georgetown Township, at the Allendale border on the south side of the GVSU campus, cottage-style houses began going up last summer. The township approved the plan for 105 single-family units and 36 multi-family units for a total bed count at build-out of 700.

New single-family homes are also coming. A new phase of Hidden Forest in Allendale is underway that will eventually add 33 single-family residences. A new 12-home residential development is under construction at the southeast corner of 48th Avenue and Baldwin Street. Another section of Rolling Hills development in Georgetown Township also has been proposed.