“Picture this,” the Blume on Ivy website reads. “You wake up in your penthouse balcony apartment, start the day with a sunrise yoga class … all before your first lecture. Cold brew in hand, you head out caffeinated and ready.”
The new, luxury 10-story student apartment building Blume on Ivy will open its doors to residents fall 2027, and leasing began spring 2026. The more than 20,000 square-foot building is located at 2117 Ivy Road, near the Ivy Corridor — about two blocks away from Grounds, according to the Chicago-based developer Up Campus Student Living’s website.
The development arrives amidst concern from City residents that the growing number of luxury student housing gentrifies the historic surrounding areas. Other luxury student housing options near the University, like the Flats at West Village, Lark on Main and Yugo Crestline, which are all located on West Main Street, replace pre-existing residential communities. Blume on Ivy is located approximately one mile away from the other luxury apartments on West Main Street, and is being developed on commercial land that was occupied by Truist Bank…