UND wants to tear down 39 student apartment buildings.
Six of the buildings are six-plex units; 17 are four-plex units; and 16 are duplexes.
"It's part of a long-term plan at UND for them to right-size their apartment platform," North Dakota University System director of facilities planning Rick Tonder told the Board of Higher Education's Budget and Fianance Committee. "There's also a significant amount of deferred maintenance that they will be eliminating by taking the facilities out as funding is available."
Tonder said UND has also been in touch with the State Historical Society – to make sure those buildings aren’t of significant historical value.
"They're literally moving students out of one unit, because the roof is leaking, into another," said Board of Higher Education memeber Nick Hacker, who's on that committee. "I understand the challenges they're facing with some of the student housing in that area of campus. They're taking the right approach."
The Committee gave its approval. It will now be considered by the full Board.