Construction of a $80 million 400-bed residence hall with dining hall and other amenities will start construction on the Mississippi State campus in February.

The new 155,000-square-foot, five-story residence hall is expected to be completed in 2025 and located on the corner of George Perry Street and East Barr Avenue.

Tutor Perini Corporation announced that its subsidiary, Roy Anderson Corp, has been awarded the project, which is valued at approximately $80.7 million. The project scope of work entails the construction of a 155,000-square-foot, five-story residence hall on the Mississippi State University campus, which will include 400 beds, a dining hall, day spaces, offices and a storm shelter.

Dei Allard, executive director of MSU Housing and Residence Life, told the Reflector, the student newspaper, that the new residence hall be a new type of building for the campus with single rooms in a pod-style community.

In the “pod-style” dorm, 18 single rooms will be connected to a common bathroom hall and a common area. The bathroom hall will have individual showers or toilet rooms with showers. The new residence hall will include a new dining hall open to all students and a storm shelter.

Officials are considering including a brick oven, personalized pizza bar, pasta stations and a Maroon Market in the dining hall.