Boise State University’s 10-year campus master plan has buy-in at City Hall.

The Boise City Council signed off Tuesday on the university’s land use plan, the Idaho Statesman reported.

This vote links the university’s plan and the city’s comprehensive land use plan.

The 10-year university plan is designed to accommodate projected growth at Idaho’s largest four-year university — by adding 750 dormitory beds, 370 parking spaces and 270 staff members.

The top priority is a $140 million science research building, a 90,000- to 110,000-square-foot project that would go up on the southern fringe of campus. Designed to address the university’s shortage of research space, the new building is scheduled to come online in 2029.

The dorm space will focus on two areas of need: housing for first-year students and graduate student housing.

City Hall will still get a say on specific projects.

“While we’re approving a master plan, we’re not approving any specific plans,” said council member Jimmy Hallyburton, according to a Statesman report on the Tuesday meeting. “Those things would have to come back before council.”

More reading: Click here for an in-depth April article on Boise State’s 10-year plan.