Date Posted: 04.09.2026
The Regents of the University of California recently approved UCLA’s plans to build new $351 million high-rise student housing in Westwood at 901 Levering Ave. The project represents a significant expansion of residential capacity in support of the university’s housing guarantee for all interested first-year and transfer students.
Mithun is providing integrated architecture, interior design and landscape architecture for the 19-story, 297,000 sf tower. The building will accommodate up to 1,130 students, predominantly in four-bedroom (double occupancy) apartments.
The cruciform footprint creates a more harmonious contextual urban presence and maximizes daylighting and views at apartments and shared lounge areas. This approach helps define purposeful landscaped terraces for gathering at the ground level, offering students connection to natural elements in a tight urban space. Adjoining these courtyard spaces is a double height study commons and student support spaces. The efficient design incorporates high performing building systems and envelope, and is targeting LEED Gold certification.
The 901 Levering Student Housing will be the tallest within a wave of nearby student housing projects in progress or completed in recent years — including 10- and 17-story projects in the immediate vicinity, and the eight-story, Mithun-designed Gayley Towers, which is being built by PCL Construction Services.
Both 901 Levering and Gayley Towers represent redevelopment of aging, low-density apartment building sites to expand campus housing capacity and serve critical student priorities, including affordable rents, shared kitchens and community living space. Gayley will open to students in fall 2026, and 901 Levering is anticipated to be complete in fall 2029.
In addition to these two ongoing projects, Mithun and PCL Construction previously collaborated on the delivery of UCLA’s Olympic and Centennial Residence Halls, and Southwest Campus Apartments. In full, this collection of buildings represents a total of 6,110 new student beds in support of the university’s housing goals.
