Austin, Texas — In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought an unexpected interruption to the student housing investment sales market. Following a strong leasing season for fall 2021, executives are seeing increased interest from buyers and sellers in the space, leading
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Third-party property management has evolved over the past few years, at least according to Ryan Hand, vice president of business development and client services at CA Ventures. “Not only have we seen new competitors enter the space, but we’ve also
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Student housing has not historically been an industry synonymous with the sharing of data. Sources for industry-wide metrics are slim, and the vast majority of owners within the sector are privately-held. This all changed with the emergence of COVID-19 last spring.
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With nearly 20,000 beds under ownership, Vesper Holdings has grown at the direction of co-founders and co-CEOs Isaac Sitt and Elliot Tamir. The company was a pioneer in the value-add space, acquiring student housing properties and renovating them into showplace
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It was a rough year for everyone, but certain industries absorbed more of the brunt than others in 2020. This would include hospitality, airlines, restaurants and on-campus student housing. There was no clear map for navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, and
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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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