Construction is booming on Old Furnace Road --- making way for "Latitude 38", a 228-unit, 800+ bedroom complex of student housing for JMU students. 

Some public details of the development were highlighted in the Daily News Record in August.  The project is being developed by Franklin Holdings out of Charlotte, NC. 

Apparently they developers didn't read this, as they reference an increase of 4,000 students "over the next few years", whereas SCHEV's FTE Regular Session numbers would suggest that even all the way through 2013/2014 we'll only see a growth of 2,787 students.

One thing is for sure --- students at James Madison University will certainly have a lot of housing choices in the coming years!