Boston’s Emmanuel College hopes to shelter hundreds more students in a new dorm on its 17-acre Fenway campus.
The Catholic college’s proposed new Julie Hall at 300 Brookline Ave. would house about 691 beds, including 220 replacement beds from the existing Julie Hall on the same site that’s slated to be demolished.
The dorm would be six stories along Brookline Avenue and 19 stories on the eastern portion of the site, according to plans filed this week with the Boston Redevelopment Authority.
A portion of the dorm would be rented to a third party tenant for student housing. Its design also would allow for a 190-bed expansion if required due to enrollment demands.
Emmanuel’s enrollment has more than tripled to 1,775 full-time undergrads since going coed in 2001. The dorm would increase the number of undergrads housed on campus from ?73 percent to 84 percent.
It also could help alleviate housing constraints for Fenway families, BRA spokesman Nick Martin said. “The proposal is in keeping with Mayor Walsh’s goal of expanding on-campus student housing opportunities,” he said.
