Salve Regina University announced today that it has finalized an agreement to build new student housing on its oceanside site to accommodate more students.
The new residence hall will be on the corner of Shepard and Lawrence Avenues, near the historic William Watts Sherman House. The state-of-the-art facility will accommodate 205 undergraduate students.
As part of the agreement the university will add sidewalks to Shepard Avenue to promote pedestrian safety. The university has also earmarked a second property on Victoria Avenue for potential redevelopment as a natural-grass athletic field.
“We are grateful to our neighbors and the City of Newport for this agreement and believe that the new residence hall will be a wonderful addition to our campus and to the local community to which we’re so closely connected,” said Salve president Dr. Kelli J. Armstrong.
The new residence hall is part of Salve Regina’s strategic plan to provide more student housing on campus to help build a vibrant university culture and extend the Salve experience to more students while relieving some of the housing shortage in downtown Newport. Construction of the new building is scheduled to begin in spring 2025, with a plan to welcome students in fall 2026.
