George Washington University has grown considerably in the past 20 years. The 43-acre campus sits four blocks from the White House and is the largest institution of higher education in the nation’s capital and the city’s largest private employer.

To support an undergraduate student body of 10,000, the George Washington University has bought property around the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. It has opened five residence halls housing 2,500 students since 1997 with plans to build another 474-bed facility.