Developers scale back student apartment complex in Urbana

URBANA – Construction should start this month on a scaled-back luxury student apartment complex in southeast Urbana.

The Pointe at the U of I, to be located on the site of the former Kmart store, will have nearly 200 two- and three-bedroom apartments and a clubhouse filled with amenities like hot tubs, a basketball court, a computer room and study labs. It will cost $25 million to build.

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