Southern University and A&M College has broken ground on a student housing development on the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, campus.

The university says the housing development represents the first phase of a larger residential expansion project that will ultimately provide 850 new student beds.

The Advocate reports that Phase I will consist of a $43 million, four-story residence hall. It will provide 500 beds for freshmen and sophomores and is expected to be completed within 13 months. The building will be traditional student housing, with study rooms and common spaces on each floor and dining facilities on the first level.

The second phase will be built in the same location on campus and provide apartment-style living space for 350 upper-level, graduate and professional students. 

The quad created by the new residence halls will include walkways, patios, planting beds and recreation space. A timetable for the second phase has not been announced yet.

The entire housing expansion is projected to cost around $77 million.