Student Housing

Universities often want their new structure to adopt the same style as the existing buildings while still looking like a new facility—a tough task for architects on these projects, Snyder Langston's Jason Rich tells GlobeSt.com.

The financing approved at the LDC's Oct. 19th meeting will be used build a four-story, 80,000-square-foot residence hall, consisting of 300 beds in a suite-style configuration with student common areas and resident advisor accommodations, Westchester County officials stated.

Are ever-improving amenities raising quality-of-life expectations, and are low renewal rates having a dampening impact on the sector? Fred Pierce weighs in with GlobeSt.com on these issues and the SDSU West initiative.

American Campus Communities' plan to acquire a blue-chip student housing portfolio and EdR's hiring of a university partnership veteran augur well for both companies, says Green Street Advisors' Ryan Burke.

Student-housing demand is up as community colleges strategically begin to add affordable on-campus housing options, MVE + Partners' Jeff Larsen tells GlobeSt.com.

The Core Spaces/DRW portfolio includes a mix of development projects and existing properties, two of which are scheduled to come on line this fall.