Project Description

Seahawk Crossing, a residential community consisting of four three-story buildings, provides 667 new student beds for upperclassmen on the University of North Carolina Wilmington campus. To provide an environment conducive to the needs of upperclassmen, the buildings offer four-, six-, and eight-person suite-style housing featuring fully furnished units with private bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens, one bathroom per two students, and in-suite washers and dryers. Other amenities include game rooms, a 100-person meeting room, a music practice room, and a mixed-use building with vendor space for Dunkin’ Donuts, a convenience store, and office space for parking staff. The project also included a 1,000-car parking deck, the first on the UNCW campus that features bicycle parking and plug-in parking for electric vehicles. This project received a LEED Silver Certification for both the housing and parking components of the complex.

Sustainable Features

This project is the first LEED Certified building for UNC Wilmington and the green features included low-flow plumbing devices, air-charged toilet tanks, low-VOC carpets made from 35 percent recycled content, opening windows, ceiling fans, and storm water retention systems underground between the buildings.  The parking deck also utilizes 25% less paved area than a parking lot.