Pocatello, Idaho ISU Plans 370-Bed Student Housing on Bartz Field

POCATELLO — Idaho State University has selected Radnor Property Group to design, finance, and build a new 370-bed student apartment complex on the northern edge of Bartz Field — the university’s first public-private housing partnership. The Idaho State Journal reported the update on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2026, after ISU Senior Vice President for Operations Brian Sagendorf outlined the plan to the State Board of Education. Radnor has delivered more than 9 million square feet of student housing and partnered with more than 40 colleges and universities nationwide.

What is planned The roughly five-acre, 96-unit site sits behind Reed Gym and across from McIntosh Manor. Plans call for four three-story apartment buildings plus a central commons — about 103,800 square feet total. Units will be apartment-style with full kitchens and two to five bedrooms.

The commons is meant as a gathering place with indoor space and an outdoor area with grilling, seating, and fire pits, open to nearby residence halls as well as the new complex. Parking is planned south of the apartments, with a likely entry off the dirt road that now serves Miller Ranch Stadium. Why ISU is building it ISU’s roughly 1,200 existing beds on the Pocatello campus have sat at full occupancy with waitlists for years — covering only about 15% of the 8,000 to 9,000 students who attend in the Gate City each year.