Generational tastes may be involved, but student housing interior design isn’t about reinventing the wheel each time a new cohort comes up through the ranks. It’s about finding a way to provide that demographic with the type of housing environment
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Over the past few years, centralization of leasing efforts has become one of the hotter topics in the industry. Much of this conversation has been a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sparked a period of evaluation for many
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Cardinal Group was started by four friends who had a simple mission: buy student housing and operate it well. What started as a small portfolio has grown larger and larger over the years, and with it Cardinal’s management abilities. The
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Student housing investment sales ended up with a relatively strong year in 2022. The industry saw a total volume of $22.87 billion; removing the ACC/Blackstone take private transaction, the industry had $10.07 billion in sales, according to CBRE. That second
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From a leasing and rental rate perspective, the outlook couldn’t be brighter in the student housing space. Yardi’s National Student Housing Report saw 96.6 percent of beds leased and an annual rent growth of 4.1 percent for the fall 2022
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By now, you’ve likely seen the statistics and read the headlines: an enrollment cliff is headed our way as the number of students beginning their first year of classes at higher education institutions across the country has gone down. But
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Student Housing Business recently interviewed Nick Porter, CEO and Founder of Global Student Accomodation (GSA) and founder of Yugo, an international student housing management platform. Based in London, GSA owns student housing assets worldwide, including in Australia, Europe and the
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The international student population is shifting, and the culprit is an obvious one: COVID. It’s a term we’re all tired of hearing, but the effects continue to play out, particularly on university campuses and in housing communities. The good news
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For the November/December issue’s “Five Questions with” SHB spoke to Fred Pierce, president and CEO of San Diego-based Pierce Education Properties, to get his take on the climate for acquisitions in today’s volatile capital markets environment. SHB: Rising interest
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It is no secret that the student housing industry was impacted significantly by the COVID-19 pandemic. Few groups felt that more accutely than colleges and universities. New on-campus development slowed dramatically as higher education institutions shifted their focus primarily to
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Financing student housing might not be as bad as you might think. While the capital markets are in flux, purpose-built student housing has some of the strongest fundamentals in commercial real estate going for it. Robust pre-leasing, very healthy occupancy
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It’s a good time to operate student housing. Who knew anyone would be saying that after a pandemic that shuttered schools and many housing facilities just two-plus years ago? But it’s true. Occupancy is high, rents are growing and demand
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