The coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a widespread impact on the student housing industry. Many off-campus owners and operators are grappling with a growing number of universities canceling in-person classes, and in some instances, ordering students to vacate their campuses and
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With the student housing industry continuing to grow in both size and institutional clout, demand has never been higher for qualified staff. A devoted and talented on-site team can set a property apart from the pack, leading to greater lease
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Staying on top of design and architecture trends is challenging in any form of real estate, and doubly so in student housing where the market caters to an extremely young and constantly changing demographic. Yet there are many aspects of
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It’s a decision student housing operators often wrestle with — to be, or not to be, pet friendly. The pet-friendly approach attracts an entirely different segment of prospects — pet owners — to your communities. This seems to be an
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The student housing industry is growing in global prominence. Foreign investors are flooding the U.S. Market in record numbers, and many U.S.-based owners and developers are broadening their lens to include investment and development projects across Europe and Latin America.
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Likening oneself to the multifamily or student housing equivalent of Target, Yahoo, Marriott or eBay would seem to be a lofty comparison — unless you’re talking about cybersecurity. Each of those national brands has endured a significant data breach in
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Commercial real estate experts at Berkadia are bullish on the multifamily industry moving into 2020, according to findings from the 2020 Outlook Powerhouse Poll, which surveyed 150 of the firm’s investment sales brokers and mortgage bankers in December 2019 on
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The number of public-private partnership (P3) developments continues to increase as universities look to upgrade their housing stock to attract and retain students while juggling how to pay for new residence halls. “The cost of providing education continues to increase for
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Move-ins are done. Students, eager to learn and enjoying their lives away from home, are roaming through your community’s halls. Your onsite teams are kicking butt and taking names when it comes to managing resident life. Things are sitting pretty
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For some individuals, nothing beats old-fashioned human interaction. They are uncomfortable interacting with anything machine-based. Then there is everyone else — a contingent that continues to grow, according to a recent Entrata study about artificial intelligence and apartment living. Artificial
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If you have sufficient room and staff at your property to handle the influx of package deliveries today, chances are good you may come up short tomorrow. “I’m sure in a few years, I will say the same thing I
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Student Housing Business conducted a survey of builders in mid-2019 to determine which contractors are the most active in the student housing sector. To participate, contractors must have completed projects within the timeframe of January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2018.
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