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  With N.C. State University students set to return to classes Aug. 19, the developers of Stanhope, the $80 million, six-story student housing complex on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, are ahead of schedule and will begin moving in students early next week. UPCOMING EVENTS AUGUST 10, 2015 , 5:00PM August Bizmix AUGUST 19, 2015 , […]

  Student housing is getting a makeover along with the 121-year-old Old Colony Building in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. The former office space built in 1894 by architecture firm Holabird and Roche, is undergoing a conversion into dorm-style apartments. The newly named Arc at Old Colony is expected to be ready for the fall […]

  Student housing real estate investment trusts (REITs) are likely to start buying properties soon—as soon as more properties become available. “You’re going to see acquisitions heat up for REITs over the next two years,” says Scott D. Lamontagne, managing director for JLL’s multifamily capital markets group. That’s because REITs eager to buy student housing […]

  For years, housing experts predicted the apartment market would soon stall. Still, developers’ interest in the U area remains strong. Apartment buildings now dominate the University of Minnesota’s skyline in places where, a decade ago, houses and businesses dotted the landscape. Despite the recent surge in housing projects around the University campus and renewed […]

  The demand for student housing is stronger than the supply on average across the country—and in the strongest markets for student housing, privately-owned housing properties were already full as of May for the academic year that will begin this fall. “Students who are looking for off-campus housing at these schools are almost out of […]

Millennials do a lot of things differently, including how they live while getting an education. Luxury apartments are a growing trend in college towns across the United States. The buildings, both on and off campus, boast amenities that far exceed the minimalistic dorm rooms universities were known for in the past. You can see exactly what’s available at […]

  No stranger to metamorphosis, downtown Athens is in the midst of another cycle of change, this one fueled by a proliferation of student housing that is beginning, if slowly, to boost the downtown economy. For many years a traditional downtown retail center, hosting major department stores, movie theaters, car dealerships and other local businesses, […]

    GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Georgia real estate developer wants to build a 287-unit apartment project along the city’s Medical Mile to meet the demand for housing by young professionals and students. The $50 million-plus project would be built north of Michigan Street NE and replace 16 houses and a commercial building used […]

University enrollment is projected to rise about 12 million students over the next 10 years and student housing construction is not likely to keep pace with demand in the near term. It’s because of staggering stats like this that we’re excited to bring you the Bisnow Annual Student Housing summit on June 2 at The Rittenhouse […]

Addresses Increasing Investor Interest as Student Housing Market Shows Continued Growth Reis, Inc. (Nasdaq:REIS) (“Reis” or “the Company”), a leading provider of commercial real estate market information and analytical tools, has launched coverage of the Student Housing market for 100 major universities. Lenders, investors, developers, and operators in the increasingly significant sector may now turn to […]