Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D., plans to add student housing

Augustana University in Sioux Falls, S.D., is planning to build a four-story mixed-use building that will provide student housing and some administrative offices.

The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports that the city's planning commission approved a request to rezone the area from single-family residential to an institutional campus area. The proposal still needs city council approval.

Plans call for apartment-style student residential units in the top three floors, some administrative offices on the main floor, a community gathering space for residents and a couple of residential units on the main floor as well.

Apartments in the building will include four-bedroom, two-bedroom and single-suite studio-style options, with room for as many as 103 beds in 43 units.

The plan includes shared parking with 25 additional spaces that would be in a parking lot on-site, and about 10 diagonal parking spots on the street, with primary parking for residents being on-campus to the southeast.