LAGUNA BEACH, CA—A flood of new sources forinvestment-grade capital has entered the student-housing sector in the last five toseven years, CA Ventures' COO JJSmith tells GlobeSt.com. We spoke with Smith exclusivelyabout student-housing finance as he prepares to speak on the panel"Student Housing: A New Frontier" during IMN's Winter Forumon Real Estate Opportunity and Private-Fund Investing herelater this month.
GlobeSt.com: What trends are you noticing instudent-housing finance?
Smith: The student-housing sector islike a newly minted, college graduate about to embark into the"real world." Since the sector's inception, it has always beenviewed as the younger sibling of traditionalmultifamily and fought feverishly for the past fewyears to become an institutional asset class.
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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.
