NORFOLK (AP) -- Norfolk's planning commission has approved the construction of a privately owned dormitory complex at Old Dominion University.

The District at ODU, which was approved Thursday and goes up for a City Council vote next month, would house about 940 students in 320 apartments, and would include a 750-car parking garage, a pool and a clubhouse. No cost estimates on the project are available, according to Residential Housing Development LLC, the company developing the four-story complex.

The new dorm would be built between 37th and 39th Streets east of Hampton Blvd.

The developer has agreed to pay the school's real estate foundation $3.6 million for 3.6 acres of land. It already has acquired the remaining 2.1 acres from other land owners.

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