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58 West is a privately owned and professionally managed community. Click here for more information about the management and ownership.

You can select your roommate(s), or you can apply on your own and we can match you with other students. Applicants answer a short list of lifestyle questions to help in the matching process.

Instead of requiring all roommates to sign a joint lease, each person at 58 West has their own individual contract, with one person per bedroom. This means you are only responsible for paying for yourself — not your roommates. Even if a roommate moves out or other bedrooms in your apartment are empty, you only pay the rate for your bedroom.

Each resident at 58 West pays a flat rate that includes:

Yes, all apartments at 58 West include a furniture package including a full-size bed, dresser, desk and chair in each bedroom, and a leather-style living room set, coffee table and dining set in each living room. To see a sample of the furniture and other finishes, please visit our model apartments.

The standard term is January 01, 1970 to January 01, 1970, with payments made in 12 equal installments. Limited alternate dates are available; please inquire with our staff. Click here for a sample agreement.

After a Housing Agreement is signed, each resident is required to secure their financial obligation in one of three ways: by providing a qualifying guarantor (often a parent); by pre-paying the final 1½ installments; or by purchasing a third-party guaranty from our partner, Leap. In limited cases, we may also waive the requirement for a financial guaranty if a resident has sufficient income of their own.

Yes. Residents can pay online 24 hours per day, by credit card or ACH electronic checking. 58 West also offers automatic payment by either credit card or checking account — just fill out one page, one time and payments will be made automatically. Convenience fees apply for credit card and debit card payments.

Your living costs at 58 West can be covered by financial aid, just like on-campus housing. Any available financial aid funds, after university charges are satisfied, are released to the student for non-institutional expenses, such as off-campus housing. These funds can be used to pay charges at 58 West. Normal payment deadlines will continue to apply.

Nearly all the residents at 58 West are students at WMU or Kalamazoo College and the per-person contracts are also designed with students in mind. Nonetheless, 58 West is an Equal Opportunity housing provider and welcomes applications from non-students. Family members are welcome as well, subject to occupancy limits. Because of the need to match student roommates, non-students must apply together with enough roommates to fill the desired apartment.

58 West has fire sprinklers, steel front doors with deadbolts and individually locking bedroom doors. There is also security that patrols each evening from 8pm to 4am. Management staff can be reached by a 24-hour phone number.

58 West is a no-pets community. All indoor areas at the community, including apartments, are smoke-free; the residents will share a minimum $250 deep cleaning fee if there is any smoking in an apartment. Guests are welcome at all times, subject to the consent of apartment-mates and security considerations. Overnight guests are welcome, with limits on the number of days and guests.

58 West offers free surface parking for all residents, as well as optional reserved covered parking spaces. Limited guest parking is also available at no charge.

58 West has its own stop on the Kalamazoo Metro bus #16, which runs straight to and from the WMU “Campus Loading Zone” every 60 minutes from 6am to 10pm, Monday through Saturday. It’s just a 13-minute ride from campus.

Yes. Please request an appointment for a personal tour, or just stop by to see us and we’ll be happy to show you the community.