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===Student housing developments===
The university, the Bozzuto Group, and the Gould Property Co. entered into a public-private joint venture to develop UBalt’sUBalt's Bolton Yard parking lot into a mixed use development, including apartments, a UBalt student bookstore, other retail, and garage parking.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web|url=http://media.www.theubpost.com/media/storage/paper820/news/2007/10/03/News/Bolton.Yard.Development.Approved.Study.To.Consider.Other.Student.Housing-3024307.shtml |title=Bolton Yard Development Approved, Study to Consider Other Student Housing - News |access-date=2007-11-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107074329/http://media.www.theubpost.com/media/storage/paper820/news/2007/10/03/News/Bolton.Yard.Development.Approved.Study.To.Consider.Other.Student.Housing-3024307.shtml |archive-date=November 7, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> The project, which is named the Fitzgerald at UB Midtown, broke ground in 2008 and was largely complete by 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/news/index.cfm?id=574 |title=The University of Baltimore Newsroom |publisher=Ubalt.edu |date=2007-09-12 |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref>
 
The Fitzgerald project was viewed at the time of its inception as a prelude to future public-private development projects—for instance more student housing.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> To that end, an October 2010 announcement indicated that the university was planning an 11-story student housing tower, to again be built in partnership with a private company, according to The Baltimore Sun.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-10-07/business/bs-bz-ub-student-apartments-20101007_1_student-housing-university-properties-university-of-baltimore-plans |title=University of Baltimore plans student apartment building in midtown |publisher=Baltimore Sun |date=October 7, 2010 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> The student housing tower was largely complete by mid-2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ubalt.edu/campus-life/housing/index.cfm |title=Housing |work=University of Baltimore |year=2015 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>
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===Public safety/campus police===
The University of Baltimore Police Department (UBPD) is the law enforcement body that protects and serves the students, staff, and visitors on its main campus. In addition, the department collects and distributes campus crime statistics, offers women's self-defense courses, and operates several crime prevention programs.<ref name=autogenerated4>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=109 |title=University of Baltimore Public Safety |publisher=Ubalt.edu |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref> Under a Memorandum of Understanding with the [[Baltimore Police Department]], the UBalt campus police have concurrent jurisdiction for twenty blocks into the city of Baltimore from UBalt’sUBalt's main campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page%3D186 |title=Public Safety Operational Authority |access-date=2008-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808103905/http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=186 |archive-date=August 8, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref>
 
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