Edward Waters announces it will build first on-campus dorms since 1982

Florida’s oldest historically Black university will build its first dormitory in four decades because of financing secured through the Rice Financial Products Co. Edward Waters University announced Thursday that $25 million in financing from the Rice Capital Access Program will fund portions of the $33 million in capital improvements that will be made at the New Town-based campus. The city of Jacksonville allocated $2 million in its 2026 budget to help the university erect a track and field facility that will be open to both students and the surrounding neighborhood. The university expects its new dormitory will open in the Fall 2028 semester. Edward Waters University unveiled renderings of its first on-campus residence hall since 1982. The four-story complex is expected to open in the Fall 2028 semester. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today Building a foundation for growth “This facility, is going to, at long last, give us the additional beds that we need to be able to gr