Middle Tennessee State University has broken ground in Murfreesboro on its first new student housing complex in more than 25 years.
The university says Womack Commons will be a $56.5 million, 554-bed housing development that replaces the outdated Womack Lane apartments. It is scheduled to open for the fall 2027 semester.
The project is a public-private partnership between the university and developer The Annex Group. It also will include a 541-space parking garage. Together, the residence hall and parking facility will cost more than $83 million.
“Residence halls and the sense of community and connection they create are important contributors to student satisfaction, engagement, and success,” said University President Sidney A. McPhee.
Available to sophomore students and up, the five-story, 161,000-square-foot Womack Commons will have pod-style and semi suite-style housing in six-, four-, two-, and single-person occupancy units.
The residence hall will be built on the southeast corner of campus, an area that has experienced significant growth in recent years with the opening of the School of Concrete and Construction Management and the Applied Engineering buildings.
