With an investment of R$ 60 million, the company Uliving inaugurated last week, in Porto Alegre, the first phase of the project aimed at for housing students from public and private universities. 100 apartments are being made available to students out of a total of 337. The rest, 237, according to Uliving, will be opened in the first half of 2024.
the new venture Uliving Student Housing is located in Bom Fim neighborhood and its proposal is to serve mainly students from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Ufrgs) and Health Sciences University of Porto Alegre (Ufcspa). The president of Uliving, Juliano Antunes, says that the idea of the company, which has housing for students in the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro axis, is to expand the project to other cities, mainly the capitals, in the South and Southeast regions.
“The first capital we chose was Porto Alegre due to the volume of students and the representativeness of the universities”, he emphasizes. According to Antunes, the project in the Bom Fim neighborhood involves three buildings – two were purchased and refurbished on Avenida Osvaldo Aranha and Rua Tomaz Flores. The third was acquired by the company on Rua Antão de Farias, where a residential building for university students will be built. According to Antunes, the responsibility for renovating and constructing the buildings belongs to the company Obra Pronta, which was hired by Uliving.
With regard to the building at Avenida Osvaldo Aranha, nº 550, the complex’s occupancy is at 50% and the prediction of the company Uliving is that by the end of this year, 95% of the apartments will be occupied by university students. Antunes informs that the company studies the construction of an enterprise for the future in the vicinity of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Pucrs). “We serve students from Ufrgs and Ufcspa, but there are many people from Pucrs who prefer to live in the Bom Fim region and close to Cidade Baixa due to the infrastructure of the neighborhoods”, he points out.
To reside at Uliving Student Housing, in the Bom Fim neighborhood, it is necessary for the student to prove the link with the educational institution. The rental price starts at R$ 1,550.00 and can reach R$ 2,950.00. The apartments range in size from 14 to 25 square meters. Rent values vary according to the configuration of the rooms, which include rent, condominium, water, gas, IPTU and participation in all events organized by Uliving.
According to Antunes, the condominium created exclusively for students is different from the well-known shared housing. “The company brought this new concept of residence from Europe, with services totally focused on students, appearing as an updated version of the old republics”, he adds.
The president of Uliving points out that the residential has a complete structure where they are offered: security, shared spaces and services. “We also have an excellent location in the Bom Fim neighborhood, opposite Parque da Redenção and close to federal universities”, he explains. The three towers (Osvaldo Aranha Avenue and Tomaz Flores and Antão de Farias streets) will be available to future residents with several living areas, such as a study room, kitchen, two barbecue grills, two TV rooms, a gym and an internal square. “It is the company’s largest property outside the Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo axis.”
The company Uliving has developments in São Paulo (three buildings), Santos and Rio de Janeiro. In addition to opening residential accommodation for university students in Porto Alegre, the company will have two new developments in São Paulo: one in Campinas and another in São Paulo.
