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North Branch Const. completes Dartmouth Grad School Housing

The clubhouse at Dartmouth Graduate Student Living community at 401 Mt. Support Road - Lebanon, NH.

Lebanon, NH North Branch Construction recently completed the Dartmouth Graduate Student Housing project at 401 Mt. Support Rd.

The project includes 4 four-story apartment buildings providing 309 units with 628 beds featuring unit configurations of 1-bed, 2-bed, 3-bed, and 4-bedroom floor plans. Each apartment building also provides student study, gathering, and fitness spaces, as well as bicycle and additional resident storage space. A central clubhouse provides community gathering spaces, fitness facilities, mail and package delivery service areas, work and office space for resident use, and an onsite management office for Michaels Student Living, LLC. The project also included the construction of an operations building providing work area and storage space for the facility’s maintenance team.

The project constructed on a 53-acre greenfield site owned by Dartmouth College, was designed, permitted, and constructed, by the developer, Michaels Student Living, LLC. Michaels Student Living owns and manages the community with a long-term ground lease from Dartmouth College.

“North Branch Construction is very pleased to have been selected as the construction manager for this important project providing critically needed housing at Dartmouth College and within the Upper Valley,” said James Schwartzkopf, executive vice president of North Branch Construction. “Michaels Student Living has delivered a new and vibrant community that addresses the needs of graduate students at Dartmouth College and young professionals within the Upper Valley region.”

JSA, Inc. was the architectural design firm on the project and Vanasse Hangen Brustlin (VHB) provided civil and landscape engineering services.

Dartmouth Graduate Student Living, 401Mt. Support Road, Lebanon, NH.

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