Georgia Tech's first new residence hall in decades starts topping out

The first traditional residence hall to be built on Georgia Tech’s campus in almost 50 years has reached its max height—at least partly. 

One section the two-building Curran Street Residence Hall, the south tower, has topped out on the western fringes of campus, according to a Georgia Tech Infrastructure and Sustainability photo update this week. 

The project’s north tower has largely topped out, too, apart from a middle section. A formal groundbreaking was held in March, though construction had launched last year.  

The dorm project continues a building spree for Georgia Tech that includes the expanded Science Square district, a football stadium expansion, and the topped-out Technology Square Phase 3 in Midtown, in addition to smaller projects. 

The Curran Street Residence Hall calls for 862 beds spread across eight residential floors for first-year students. Building features—previously described as state-of-the-art—will include a 24-hour automated market, study rooms, e-gaming spaces, and a fitness center, Georgia Tech officials have said.

The project has risen from a site along Northside Drive, between Eighth and Ninth streets. It marks the first housing of any sort added on campus since 2005, when the 153-bed Tenth and Home complex opened along 10th Street to accommodate growing family-student and graduate enrollment.

Formerly the property in question—situated just south of The Interlock project’s second phase and new Stella at Star Metals luxury high-rise—was home to surface parking and little else.

Officials consider the new residential facility an important cog in goals put forward in Georgia Tech’s emerging Comprehensive Campus Plan, which could continue to transform multiple areas of the campus grounds. The project was estimated to cost $117 million in 2023, when it was approved by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. 

The residence hall will be geared toward accommodating Georgia Tech’s first-year enrollment growth over the next decade, while also housing students relocated during planned renovations to existing on-campus residential buildings. 

All rooms in the 191,000-square-foot building will be made for double-occupancy, with group kitchens, community lounges, and collaborative learning spaces featured elsewhere, according to the school. 

The construction schedule calls for opening the new dorms in August 2026 for fall semester.

The student living options will join a multitude of new off-campus housing in highly amenitized buildings that have sprouted across Midtown and downtown over the past decade. 

Swing up to the gallery for more context and visuals. 

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