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COSTA MESA, CA—Student-housing demand is up as community colleges strategically begin to add affordable on-campus housing options, MVE + Partners principal Jeff Larsen tells GlobeSt.com. Orange County alone is home to 18 accredited community colleges serving nearly 200,000 students. Record-high rents and home prices are driving up the cost of living in this county, and for local students—or those seeking Orange County as a destination for higher education—these factors are just a few of the challenges they have to face in addition to increased tuition rates.
We spoke with Larsen, who is lead designer on the development team for Orange Coast College student housing, about what is driving this trend and what design challenges and solutions look like for community-college student housing.
GlobeSt.com: Why is on-campus housing an afterthought at best for most community colleges?
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
