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VERNON, B.C. – New student housing is now available at Okanagan College’s (OC) Vernon and Kelowna campuses.

The 101-bed student housing building on the Vernon campus opens in September and features individual studios and two- and four-bedroom apartment-style suites with common areas on each floor and throughout the building as well as laundry and bike storage.

��������ion was completed on the Kelowna campus 216-bed student housing complex in the spring and will also open in Sept ember.

“Okanagan College’s first student-housing beds in Vernon and new beds in Kelowna allow students to live on campus and focus on their studies. This project is another step toward building 12,000 student beds across the province through our Homes for People action plan,” said B.C. Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Lisa Beare in a statement. 

Both buildings were built using mass timber and will meet Step 4 of the BC Energy Step Code.

A third housing building at OC’s Salmon Arm campus will open in early 2025 and in total the project cost for all three student-housing projects is $75.1 million, creating 377 beds overall, the release said.

The provincial government provided $73.1 million, Okanagan College provided $1.3 million in support and an additional $700,000 was provided to the project through third-party donations.

B.C. also previously announced funding for new student housing at the OC Penticton campus with 101 beds expected to open in fall 2026.