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Sarah Daniels

  The March 28 webinar “Student Housing Case Study — Partnering with a Custom Furniture Fabricator Brings a Vision to Life,” hosted by Student Housing Business and sponsored by Morgan Li, covered important questions in the world of student spaces. This hour-long presentation focused on case studies in the industry and what can go right when partnerships take on design goals, modular approaches, production issues and more — as a team. Learn more about these topics and more: The benefits of modularity and why it’s becoming so popular. What design trends are students excited about? Design …

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The Dickson Furniture Manufacturing plant

Selecting a vendor for off-campus student housing furniture means considering many moving parts to keep a complicated process moving forward. To talk timing, process and practical considerations for furniture, Student Housing Business sat down with Kris Benson, director of sales at Dickson Furniture Manufacturers, a U.S. company that specializes in designing, engineering, building and coordinating the delivery and installation of student housing goods. When considering purchasing furniture for a student housing property, Benson recommends the following checklist of important questions to streamline the process: What is your timeline? Who are you …

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Doug Mueller Student Housing Furniture Design quote

Just as modern student housing suites are rendering the utilitarian college dorm rooms of past generations obsolete, more stylish furniture options in today’s units have replaced yesterday’s purely functional and no-frills standard. Considering the habits of the average college renter are evolving much more slowly, however, student housing owners continue to demand durability. Ultimately, this characteristic directly affects the value of properties, suggests Doug Mueller, CEO of Dickson Furniture Manufacturers, a Houston-based company that primarily caters to the student housing and hotel industries. That’s especially true when considering furniture typically …

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Elsa Liao TheGuarantors Rent Insurance AI quote

Advanced risk assessments for rent and deposit insurance products are helping a growing number of owners and managers of purpose-built student housing to streamline their businesses. Algorithms and models driven by artificial intelligence (AI) can improve the risk assessment process, indicating factors and patterns tied to the possibility of default. For landlords that accept them, rent and deposit coverage policies take the place of personal guarantors or traditional cash deposits. For typically less than the cost of one month’s rent, renters can purchase a policy that pays their landlord if …

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Housing for Chinese International Students pull quote

With over 317,000 Chinese students studying at the graduate or undergraduate level in the United States, and with that number likely to grow rapidly, student housing for Chinese nationals presents a wealth of opportunities for owners and operators. COVID temporarily decreased international student enrollment, but now students are returning. This surge reflects an ongoing, global trend. A 2022 report from market research firm HolonIQ projects that the worldwide number of international students is set to increase from 5 million students currently to 8 million by 2030. “The demand amongst Chinese …

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  The Nov. 2 webinar “Student Housing Demand — 2022 Review & 2023 Outlook,” hosted by Student Housing Business and sponsored by Yardi, covered the larger economic outlook, enrollment, the health of student housing and “shadow markets” (nearby apartments competing for residents), industry fundamentals (including preleasing, rent growth, supply and transactions) and Yardi Matrix forecasts. Declining enrollment and revenue are causing consolidations within some higher education systems, benefitting the most competitive universities. Learn what universities have experienced the most growth in preleasing, annual rent increases, the latest numbers on student housing completions, development forecasts and trends …

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  The Oct. 6 webinar “How to Make Data-Driven Decisions in Student Housing,” hosted by Student Housing Business and sponsored by CollegeHouse, focused on the value of data in student housing as well as the best ways to optimize investments and operational efforts in this space. If you’re interested in data collection that is both far-reaching and automated, this webinar will interest you. Hear from industry experts to learn best practices in the data-driven decision-making process. Learn about important metrics and analysis methods, how to approach recurring trends, responses to rates trending up or down and more. Watch the webinar here, and …

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    The July 20 webinar “The Rise of TikTok — How Student Housing Operators Can Generate Leases with TikTok“ hosted by Student Housing Business and sponsored by Conversion Logix, focused on the best ways for student housing operators to connect with prospective residents through the short-form video social media platform. Get a crash course in TikTok, why it’s growing in popularity, the benefits of running ads on the platform and information about what to expect when creating ads to generate interest in student housing. Converting social media views and interactions into leases can …

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Enclaves at College Town

Having completed the first full school year without a major interruption to the traditional classroom setting since March 2020, student housing operators are preparing for a leasing season without COVID-19 uncertainty taking center stage. Given that multifamily technology platform RealPage pegged average U.S. occupancy at a record high of 94.1 percent in the fall of 2021, repeating that performance would signal a continuing strong recovery for the sector. Joe Goodwin, senior vice president of strategic analytics and research with Asset Living, anticipates that this fall’s occupancy rate will rival last …

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  The April 28 webinar “Creating an Inclusive Housing Experience for Students with Technology,” hosted by Student Housing Business and sponsored by StarRez, discussed how students can find success and feel more at home with tech-savvy housing options. Accommodating accessibility needs (including service animal tracking), gender-inclusive housing options and tech for roommate matching were just some of the topics in this brief webinar on how to make the process of student housing more successful for students and operators. Click to hear more about these topics and more: Gender-inclusive housing (and how to promote it …

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