As the Harrisonburg City Council gives the go ahead to build a student housing complex, many wonder whether it is necessary.

According to one local Realtor, more buildings aren't essential right now.

In the future, as more students are accepted at James Madison University, more housing will be needed.

Paul Riner from Riner Rentals says, with so many towers being built and so many deals, there's more competition in the area.

He says many of those bigger buildings are still vacant, and will remain vacant for some time. However, he believes, these rental buildings are thinking long term.

"It may be that in five to ten years, enrollment will be at the point where it can sustain the amount of room that they're building. As of right now there's not enough enrollment in the area to fill the student beds that they have built," says Riner.

Riner says many of his rental properties aren't affected by this competition, since he's not involved in the bigger housing complexes. He says there are more beds than students to fill them at this point.