For Andrew Stark and Nathaniel Fowler, principals of Timberline Real Estate Ventures, management of the company’s student housing portfolio has evolved through the years. Stark and Fowler entered the management business in 2011 with the creation of Campus Evolution Villages
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In this time of uncertainty and with the current challenges of cost, schedules and labor in the construction industry, we have seen a large resurgence in prefabrication and modular solutions. While these alternative building solutions are a positive for the
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Like Austin, Madison, Columbus, Raleigh and a few other cities across the country, Columbia, South Carolina, shares the distinction of being home to a flagship state university and the state capitol, as well as being one of the larger cities
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When the world shut down over a year ago, architects, designers and developers took a collective pause to assess what needed to change in the built environment. A particularly scrutinous eye was paid to off-campus student housing, a sector whose
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The student housing sector has been touted as pandemic-resistant over the course of the last year, and for the most part, that sentiment rings true. Many markets showed resilience in rent payments, and leasing levels, as well as maintaining investment
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It’s been a full year since the onset of COVID-19 across the globe and there hasn’t been a single industry untouched by the pandemic. At first, everyone was challenged daily to adapt to a new reality, way of life and
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As the true artists of the industry today, architectural firms are not only designing luxurious, sophisticated buildings, but are also more reactive and ambidextrous than ever, responding in real time to the evolution of social behaviors and the rapidly fluctuating
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Winter storms spread across the U.S. in late February, bringing ice and snow to states not typically synonymous with below freezing temperatures. One such state was Texas, where brutal winter storms caused millions to lose power and pipes to burst
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Investment sales in the student housing industry had an interesting 2020. After a promising start, the industry hit the pause button when the COVID-19 pandemic hit at the end of the first quarter. “Understandably, investors paused when COVID hit as
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By: Kevin Larimer and Brandon Buell, Senior Managing Directors of Student Housing at Berkadia Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, confidence fluctuated around the performance and resilience of student housing properties. Understandably, commercial real estate investors pressed pause at the beginning of
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While visiting the construction site of a net-zero project WTW designed last winter, I witnessed something that I never thought possible. I wanted to share this experience, during which I discovered an obvious but overlooked incentive for developing a Passive
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COVID-19 has dealt many challenges to the student housing sector. Chiefly among those impacted are the managers and operators of properties, who have had to remain flexible and adeptly overcome hurdles including everything from keeping on-site staff members and residents
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