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FEDERAL funding for transport and infrastructure projects will have significant spin-offs for the local housing sector, industry experts believe.

Swamp Rentals, an online apartment guide specializing in Gainesville, Florida apartments, just listed Campus Lodge Apartments. The website will begin referring renters immediately.

Hoping to meet a growing need for student housing, the University of Minnesota is laying the groundwork for a new $38 million residential hall and dining building on the Minneapolis campus.

Campus Crest Communities, Inc., a leading developer, builder, owner and manager of high-quality, purpose-built student housing, today announced that it has closed a construction facility in the amount of $52.8 million to fund its wholly owned projects.

As of Feb. 1, two off-campus student-housing complexes that primarily serve UCF are under new management and have undergone name changes.

A student housing project at Clark Atlanta University has run into financial trouble that could push nearly $52 million of the Atlanta Development Authority’s bonds into default, recent bond filings indicate.

Professor Les Ebdon chair of leading university think-tank million+ and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire has called for more student housing partnerships between universities and private sector developers and investors.

The next chapter is unfolding in a contentious student housing project known as The Grove as the developers have teamed up with a CSU institution to examine sustainable building practices.

There’s a new student housing firm on the hunt for development and acquisition investment opportunities.

ULofts Lubbock, a 299-unit, 334-bedroom, 144,000-square foot student housing property located on 2.75 acres across the street from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, has sold to Pittsburgh-based McKinney Properties for an undisclosed price.