The Cottages at College Acres will open its first phase this fall. Bedrooms rent for around $800 per month in the 45 townhome units that will soon mark College Acres Drive. Developers worked for years to transform the entire block of land, next-door to UNCW, in order to establish an upscale student living community. (Port City Daily/Mark Darrough)
WILMINGTON An assortment of developers and consultants worked for years to bring a student-housing project to the border regions of UNCW. At least 14 properties along a stretch of College Acres Drive were purchased in order to demolish nearly 10 acres of land north of the university. Between 2018 and 2020 the territory was rezoned to set the stage for a housing development that will include more than 100 townhome units.