As projected, student housing and hotels dominated the Flagstaff development scene this past year. Over 1,440 new beds in two projects were readied for NAU students this fall: Fremont Station (815 beds) and the on-campus SkyView project (626 beds). New hotel openings included a Fairfield Inn (99 keys) and Hampton Inn (103 keys) near Continental Country Club, as well as a Residence Inn (110 keys), the first new downtown hotel of more than two stories since the Monte Vista opened in 1927.
2018 will see even more student housing come online by August, including the controversial Hub (591 beds) and the on-campus Honors College (636 beds). And the student housing pipeline continues, with The Standard (763 beds) now under construction and scheduled for completion in 2019, and possibly a groundbreaking this year for the massive Mill Town project on the current ADOT site, with 340 units/1,221 beds for students, retail and commercial space, and a parking garage. NAU will also see the completion of the Fieldhouse Ice Rink early this year, as well as a new $15M Recital Hall in October, adjacent to Ardrey Auditorium.
Here's an interesting read on Flagstaff's challenges to accommodate the ongoing growth at NAU, while struggling to maintain sufficient affordable housing in the face of spiraling real estate prices:
https://azcir.org/news/2017/07/02/fl...g-traffic-hub/