Axiometrics, Trinitas Make a Deal on Student Housing Data

LAFAYETTE, IN—The ability of developers and investors to access accurate data on student housing communities may have taken a big leap forward. Student housing developer Trinitas Ventures and Axiometrics Inc., a Dallas-based research firm that tracks the US apartment market, have reached terms for Axiometrics to acquire Trinitas’ comprehensive student housing market research database. That data set includes information on about 130 student housing markets, more than 3,200 properties, 500,000 units and 1 million beds.

“We recognized that one of the major problems that plagued the student housing industry has been the lack of standardized reporting,” says Kelli Smith, student housing project manager for the Axiometrics. They first began tracking REIT-owned properties and eventually built an extensive catalogue of student housing data on over 200 university communities that helped provide standardized reporting and forecasting for the sector.