Austin, Texas — Campus Advantage has hired Scott Barton as chief investment officer (CIO). As CIO, Barton will lead the Austin, Texas-based company’s investments division, overseeing all acquisition, development, asset management and capital efforts. Barton recently served as senior vice
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Beverly Hills, Calif. — Nimes Real Estate has hired Michael Orsak as managing director of real estate. In his new role, Orsak will serve as a real estate investment adviser, helping the company to grow its real estate platform through
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Carrollton, Ga. — Comcast has announced the deployment of an advanced Wi-Fi solution on the University of West Georgia’s campus in Carrollton. Comcast is set to install 1,500 Wi-Fi access points throughout the university’s on-campus residence halls and in numerous
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Austin, Texas — Lincoln Ventures has promoted Francisco Rios to the role of chief investment officer. In his new position, Rios will lead the Austin, Texas-based firm’s investment strategy, overseeing its student housing, multifamily, development and acquisition platforms. Prior to
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Austin, Texas — American Campus Communities has promoted Jennifer Beese to the position of president and chief operating officer. Beese succeeds Jim Hopke, who retired as president on August 24. Beese joined the company in 1999 and most recently served
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Bethesda, Md. and Woodland Hills, Calif. — Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Alliant Capital Ltd., a privately held affordable housing asset management firm based in Woodland Hills. Under the terms of the purchase
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Denver, Colo. — Nicholas Porter of Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) has launched Yugo, a Denver-based company focused on student housing operations. The company was created through the merging of three international operating brands under GSA’s umbrella — The Student
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Chicago — Brookfield Asset Management is in advanced talks to form a joint venture with Chicago-based Scion Group to acquire at least $1 billion worth of student housing properties, according to reports by Bloomberg and Crain’s Chicago Business. In 2016, Scion
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Memphis, Tenn. — ROVR Score has hired Taylor Gunn as senior vice president. Gunn most recently served as director of real estate research at Ryan, a global tax services and software provider where she helped launch the company’s U.S.-based CRE
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Memphis, Tenn — ROVR Score has hired Whitney Kidd as senior vice president. Prior to joining ROVR Score, Kidd led a team focused on RealPage’s student, military and urban markets. She joined RealPage from the On-Site acquisition, where she served
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Denver, Colo. — Nicholas Porter of Global Student Accommodation Group (GSA) has launched Yugo, a Denver-based company focused on student housing operations. The company was created through the merging of three international operating brands under GSA’s umbrella — The Student
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Charleston, S.C. — Greystar has hired Jeff Cangemi as managing director of university partnerships. In his new role, Cangemi will work with the Charleston, South Carolina-based company’s university partnerships team to expand its platform on the East Coast. Cangemi will report
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