Chicago — QuadReal Property Group has acquired a 50 percent interest in CA Ventures’ U.S. student living platform for $1.6 billion. As of the first quarter, CA Student Living had delivered 55 communities totaling 33,706 beds, with 11,388 beds under
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Chicago — CA Ventures has completed the development of nine student housing communities totaling 3,867 beds. New openings include: Uncommon Auburn, a 610-bed community serving students attending Auburn University in Alabama; Uncommon Dinkytown, a 421-bed development located near the University
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Champaign, Ill. — Construction is set for completion on The Dean, a 672-bed development by Core Spaces located near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The community is scheduled to open on August 19 and will offer a mix of studio,
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Chicago — CA Ventures has launched Novel Student, a property management platform that will operate the Chicago-based firm’s portfolio of student housing properties across Europe. Upon launch, the platform will operate three communities currently under development by CA Ventures: Hillside
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Chicago — Construction is currently underway on five properties totaling 2,709 beds by Chicago-based Core Spaces. New Developments include: The ōLiv, a 605-bed community serving students attending the University of Arizona in Tucson; A second project named The ōLiv, offering
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Chicago — The Scion Group has launched Scion Campus Connections, a new strategic initiative aimed at improving collaboration between university and college housing departments and Scion’s off-campus housing teams. “The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we think about student
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Chicago — Shannon Failla has launched SFive Consulting, a Chicago-based consulting firm that will specialize in building out business infrastructure and streamlining processes in the student housing sector. Failla has over 10 years experience in the student housing industry, seven
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Chicago — Core Spaces has hired Greg Gonzalez as director of acquisitions. In his new position, Gonzalez will be responsible for sourcing new development, redevelopment and acquisition opportunities nationwide for Core Spaces’ co-living and student housing verticals. Gonzalez will also
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Chicago — CRG, the real estate development and investment arm of Chicago-based Clayco, has hired Struan Robertson as vice president of investments. In his new position, Robertson will lead financing and underwriting for CRG’s national multifamily and student housing projects
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Chicago — CA Ventures has partnered with security provider Rhombus Systems to implement a video security platform across its multifamily and student housing portfolio. The platform is capable of supporting an unlimited number of cameras and locations from one console,
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Urbana-Champaign, Ill. — Jackson Dearborn Partners (JDP) has broken ground on ICON, a 276-bed student housing development located near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The project is being developed in partnership with Sub4 Development and Green Street Realty. The community
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Chicago — CRG, the real estate development and investment arm of Chicago-based Clayco, has hired J.J. Smith as managing partner of its residential business. Smith has over a decade of leadership experience at Chicago-based CA Ventures, where he launched real estate
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