Campus apartments offer students luxury
By: Leann Lopez
Issue date: 4/16/07 Section: News
New Mexico State University Housing and Residential Life is preparing for the fall 2007 opening of the new student apartments located east of the Corbett Center Student Union.
Chamisa Village Apartments will open in time for the fall semester, and will provide an alternative to off-campus housing for students who are sophomores or upperclassman.
Julie Weber, director of housing and residential life, said the apartments were built in an effort to keep upperclassmen living on campus.
In order to keep upperclassmen on campus, "we have to have the type of housing that appeals to them," Weber said.
The new apartments, which were designed by architect Gary Williams of Williams Design Group, keep with the courtyard concept used in other dormitories, such as Monagle and Garcia, but they are more modern. This plan allows for both a sense of privacy and community, she said.
Weber said the new apartments "will be good for (students) and good for the institution."
Chamisa Village is near Alumni Avenue, which Weber said will be torn down this summer.
The complex features three three-story buildings, with two- and four-bedroom apartments. The two-bedroom apartments have one bathroom and the four-bedroom apartments have two bathrooms. All of the bedrooms are meant for one person. Each apartment also has a kitchen and a dining room, and each building has study rooms and laundry facilities.
Each apartment is furnished with the basic pieces of furniture a residence needs. In addition to appliances, including a microwave, the kitchen will come with barstools for a dining area around the counter. Living rooms come furnished with a couch, an entertainment center and a leather chair and ottoman. Bedrooms feature dresser drawers, a desk, chair, movable file cabinet, shelves, built-in closet and a full-size bed.
Weber said full-size beds were the most common request from students, and they are frequently used at other universities. However, at NMSU, students will not have to "inch around" them because the rooms are adequately sized to fit them.
"I thought the beds were exciting because the thing I hated most about living in the dorms was the tiny beds," said Charlene Young, 21, a junior who used to live in Monagle Hall. "Overall, it looks like it's going to be a really nice place to live."
The proposed rates for students to live at Chamisa Village will be $2,400 per student for a two-bedroom apartment and $2,100 for a four-bedroom apartment, each semester. There are 333 bedrooms in the complex, 114 of which have already been reserved, and students can sign up for them alone or with a group.
Weber said the apartments cost $13.2 million to build. The money came from a bond measure, and housing will have to pay back the debt.
Chamisa Village Apartments will open in time for the fall semester, and will provide an alternative to off-campus housing for students who are sophomores or upperclassman.
Julie Weber, director of housing and residential life, said the apartments were built in an effort to keep upperclassmen living on campus.
In order to keep upperclassmen on campus, "we have to have the type of housing that appeals to them," Weber said.
The new apartments, which were designed by architect Gary Williams of Williams Design Group, keep with the courtyard concept used in other dormitories, such as Monagle and Garcia, but they are more modern. This plan allows for both a sense of privacy and community, she said.
Weber said the new apartments "will be good for (students) and good for the institution."
Chamisa Village is near Alumni Avenue, which Weber said will be torn down this summer.
The complex features three three-story buildings, with two- and four-bedroom apartments. The two-bedroom apartments have one bathroom and the four-bedroom apartments have two bathrooms. All of the bedrooms are meant for one person. Each apartment also has a kitchen and a dining room, and each building has study rooms and laundry facilities.
Each apartment is furnished with the basic pieces of furniture a residence needs. In addition to appliances, including a microwave, the kitchen will come with barstools for a dining area around the counter. Living rooms come furnished with a couch, an entertainment center and a leather chair and ottoman. Bedrooms feature dresser drawers, a desk, chair, movable file cabinet, shelves, built-in closet and a full-size bed.
Weber said full-size beds were the most common request from students, and they are frequently used at other universities. However, at NMSU, students will not have to "inch around" them because the rooms are adequately sized to fit them.
"I thought the beds were exciting because the thing I hated most about living in the dorms was the tiny beds," said Charlene Young, 21, a junior who used to live in Monagle Hall. "Overall, it looks like it's going to be a really nice place to live."
The proposed rates for students to live at Chamisa Village will be $2,400 per student for a two-bedroom apartment and $2,100 for a four-bedroom apartment, each semester. There are 333 bedrooms in the complex, 114 of which have already been reserved, and students can sign up for them alone or with a group.
Weber said the apartments cost $13.2 million to build. The money came from a bond measure, and housing will have to pay back the debt.
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