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First plot of Campus East sold to Idealis for construction of 250 student housing units
Wednesday, October 30, WUR signed a purchase agreement with Idealis for the sale of a plot of land on Campus East. Idealis will build 250 new student housing units here. These student housing units will mark the start of Campus East in Wageningen, which will provide space for knowledge-intensive activity and necessary student housing. In the academic year 2026-2027, students will be able to live, study and work here for a bright future.
Signing of purchase agreement
On October 30, Rens Buchwaldt (Executive Board of WUR) and Bart van As (Director-Manager of Idealis) signed the purchase agreement for Mansholtlaan 6. This location is currently still under construction and is being rented out on an anti-squat basis. In the coming months, the location will be prepared for new construction. The fact that Idealis can start construction is the result of years of intensive cooperation.
Rens Buchwaldt: “At WUR, we want to offer space. For groundbreaking research. For good and leading education. But also for students who literally and figuratively need space to develop into leaders of a sustainable future. We cannot do that alone. That is why I am pleased with the way we are working with Idealis in this project to also make living space for those students possible.”
250 student housing units
The new building on the Mansholtlaan consists of 250 student housing units with high-quality facilities, where students can live independently or together. Meeting and being together are central to the design. For example, spaces have been created in various places in the building, such as a common room, a study area and a garden room where students can meet each other.