Student Housing

Second Wind: A Binghamton University Case Study

During the 2014-2015 academic year alone, undergrads spent nearly $125 million, and campus visitors dropped an additional $7.8 million into local coffers.

Bernards Breaks Ground on 115 KSF Student Housing

The company is aiming for an August 2018 completion on the 114,970-square-foot facility at the University of La Verne. The project will be the first one in the university’s newly approved Facilities & Technology Master Plan.

Extra Credit: Investing in Student Housing

The number of people enrolled in higher-education programs—20.5 million at the start of the current school year—explains much about investor interest in the student housing niche. Find out who’s buying and who’s lending now.

CBC Advisors Completes 2 West Coast Multifamily Sales

The Cove at Overlake in Tooele, Utah, and student housing community The Pines, in Rexburg, Idaho, changed hands in two off-market transactions totaling 204 apartment units.

Keeping It Mobile

Student housing has evolved significantly in the last decade as purpose-built, professionally managed properties have become standard and institutional capital has raised its profile.

Tiny Living Brings Big Changes to Student Housing

At the 2017 NeoCon show, Tomas Eliaeson and Thomas Carlson-Reddig of Little discuss how universities can embrace smaller units without sacrificing design or space.

Why Student Housing Is Making the Grade

A Walker & Dunlop managing director sheds light on finance trends in the thriving niche and previews the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Old-School Values

When I went off to college 40 years ago this September—now there’s a statement that would give anybody pause—my two roommates and I were assigned to a ground-floor dormitory suite that was Spartan, even by 1977 standards.

Mission: Success—Marc Lifshin

Ever since he can remember, Marc Lifshin has loved to build. As co-founder & managing partner of Core Spaces, he is living his dream every day, developing high-end student housing properties in prime collegiate markets.

Preiss Continues Its Student Housing Acquisitions

The company acquired two properties with a total of 780 units and plans to renovate common areas, as well as unit interiors and exteriors.