The University of Nevada, Reno says it has come to an agreement with CA Student Living Reno II, LLC of Uncommon Reno and Cardinal Group Management/Canyon Flats III, LLC of Canyon Flats to lease the 838 student beds needed for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Canyon Flats will house approximately 506 University students and residential staff, and Uncommon Reno will house approximately 330 University students and residential staff.

Nye Hall, which was taken offline after the July 5, 2019 Argenta Hall explosion, will reopen in August 2020 offering an additional 530 beds to students.

Argenta Hall will remain under construction and is on track to reopen in August 2021.

Both Canyon Flats and Uncommon Reno will include:

• Entrances and exits that lead to a services desk, staffed 24/7 by University employees. 

• Student staff: Live-in academic mentors offering tutoring hours and resident assistants on each floor. 

• Full-time staff: Live-in, master’s-level faculty and graduate assistant resident directors. 

• Residential occupancy exclusively to University students and residential life and housing employees. 

• Both locations will be added to University Police Services patrols. There will be no public access to residential areas in either building. 

• Canyon Flats is conveniently located at 661 North Center Street, just a few blocks from campus, and Uncommon Reno is located at 1669 North Virginia Street, directly across from campus. 

• Designated study areas and common activity areas. 

• Both buildings are currently under construction and scheduled to be completed well before move-in days this August. 

• A full-size washer and dryer in each unit. 

 The combined payment under the lease agreements for Canyon Flats and Uncommon Reno will cost approximately $10.1 million for the 2020-2021 academic year. This amount will be paid primarily from insurance proceeds. Housing rates will remain consistent with the University’s currently published rates.

Students interested in applying for University housing, including Canyon Flats and Uncommon Reno, can indicate their residence hall choices in one of two ways: The first is by order of preference via a supplemental application for students who already applied to housing that will be sent directly to them; the second, students who have not yet applied to housing can indicate their choice when they sign up on unr.edu/housing. While there are no cut-off dates for housing, the University highly encourages students to apply by May 15, 2020.

(University of Nevada, Reno)