One of the biggest challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic for student housing internet providers has been upgrading their bandwidth capabilities to ensure that all students in a community have reliable and fast connections. The proliferation of video calling between students
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One of the most pressing issues for general contractors today is the high cost of lumber. In the past five months, the cost of lumber has increased nearly 100 percent on projects, according to Justin Walker, president of Construction Enterprises
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Author John C. Maxwell coined the phrase “Teamwork makes the dream work,” and student housing operators are experiencing that truism firsthand as they deal with the nightmare scenario of the pandemic and its ripple effects. Closed campuses, virtual learning, COVID-19
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Student housing developers say now is a favorable time to aggressively pursue new projects as their customers voice a strong desire to resume on-campus learning, and they are using lessons learned over the past six months to bring debt and
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The student housing industry has long been lauded for its recession resilience as an asset class. The challenges presented by COVID-19 have been adeptly met by the industry, which quickly formed a collaborative and flexible frontline with the ultimate goal
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Over the course of the past six months, the student housing industry has grappled with a variety of challenges. For colleges and universities, the largest hurdle heading into the fall semester was deciding the safest route to take for re-opening
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Monday afternoon, Oct. 19, Student Housing Business presented 22 prestigious Innovator Awards to student housing owners, developers, operators, architecture firms and universities for excellence in student housing development, marketing and operations. More than 100 industry experts judged on more than
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The much anticipated virtual NMHC/InterFace Student Housing conference will start next Monday, October 19th, with a keynote address from ACC CEO Bill Bayless. The event will run from Monday through Thursday of next week and feature 20 panel sessions, 18
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In response to the coronavirus, Student Housing Business and the InterFace Conference Group have made the difficult decision to reschedule the 12th annual InterFace Student Housing conference. “We value the health and safety of our attendees and the industry, and
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Chicago — Executives from the off-campus student housing industry convened October 14-16 in Chicago at the Marriott Magnificent Mile for the National Multihousing Council’s Student Housing Conference. An estimated 600 were in attendance to hear sessions that ranged from development, operations, capital
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Dallas — It’s no secret that today’s students spend a lot of time on their phones, perusing social media and scanning the internet. With such a high level of importance placed on digital content, what people are saying about your community
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Dallas, Texas — When it comes to attracting the attention of students — and, more specifically, Generation Z — maintaining a positive and unique social media and digital marketing presence is critical. Most owners and operators of student housing today are
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