<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3f6anx_0zSycyKu00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3f6anx_0zSycyKu00" width="1200" height="600" >LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - It took years of work, an initial rejection from city council, and a revision, but construction has begun on the student housing complex in the South Overton Neighborhood. Utility work is underway for the building across University from Texas Tech, near 15th St. and Ave. X.Austin Lewis, the associate principal at Parallel, says after working on this project since 2019, the developer is glad the construction phase is finally here.“We’re super excited, super pumped. When we started the utility work, we were just like, this is going to be awesome,” Lewis said. “It’s going to be huge for the that area on University and, you know, connecting Tech and students right there.”The seven-story apartment building will have 671 beds, 577 parking spaces, an interior courtyard with a pool, a smart market on the first floor and study spaces.After facing opposition from the South Overton neighborhood in the approval process, Lewis wants the project’s neighbors to know the plan hasn’t changed from last summer.“Just with with the process that we went through, we were very open and honest. And we said it multiple times that the project wasn’t changing, that once we got done with city council, that’s what it was...locked in, and that’s important to us,” he said.Parallel is working with Teinert Construction and PlainsCapital Bank for the project. At the start of the year, it began utility work in the area. Lewis says that includes updating the sewer line all the way down 15th St. to Ave. V., water line, electric and gas upgrades.While the project will most directly impact students, Lewis says this work will also benefit their neighbors.“If you go out there now, sidewalks are uneven, you know, broken up, not really lighted,” he said. “Now, we’re putting in all new paving for the sidewalks over there and lighting it all.”When utility work is finished, construction on the building should begin in April. Lewis says Parallel updates its website for the Lubbock project weekly, informing people of traffic changes. Anyone can also watch the construction progress on its time-lapse camera.“For the community to access, anyone, to show what’s going on, if there’s going to be any roads closed, if, you know, anything that could come up that’s going on. Just so that we can communicate to everyone,” Lewis said.Construction is set to be completed in summer 2027, so students can start moving in for the fall semester.</div></body>

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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - It took years of work, an initial rejection from city council, and a revision, but construction has begun on the student housing complex in the South Overton Neighborhood. Utility work is underway for the building across University from Texas Tech, near 15th St. and Ave. X.

Construction begins on student housing complex in South Overton

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LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - It took years of work, an initial rejection from city council, and a revision, but construction has begun on the student housing co

Construction begins on student housing complex in South Overton

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