US & Canada

Lincoln Property Co. has acquired Capstone Development Partners, a student housing and university facilities development and management firm.

Landmark Properties of Georgia is developing a 700-resident community called the Retreat at Bunn Hill, consisting of 161 cottage-style units on 44 acres near Binghamton University in Vestal, following a $6.8 million land purchase in October 2024.

UCLA plans to replace five existing buildings at 901 Levering Terrace with a 19-story, 310,000-square-foot dormitory tower designed by Mithun, featuring 148 apartments and housing up to 1,150 students.

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Toronto Metropolitan University will build a 21-storey student residence at 100 Bond St. near Dundas St. E., adding over 1,370 beds and more than doubling its current housing capacity of 1,144 beds; the residence is expected to open in 2030.

Georgia Southern University will assume full control of housing operations on the Armstrong Campus starting next semester, taking over services previously managed by Corvias Campus Living, including room assignments, resident programming, and maintenance.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Global Student Accommodation completed a $1 billion off-market acquisition of eight student housing assets totaling 6,200 beds near top-tier U.S. universities, marking one of the largest single transactions in the sector this year.

New York City-based Vesper Holdings is expanding its student housing portfolio near the University of Missouri with its purchase of The Den, a 158-unit, 522-bed property in Columbia, Mo. Vesper bought the asset in partnership with an unidentified institutional investor.

The University of Minnesota Rochester announced plans to expand its campus to accommodate 2,500 students, more than doubling its current enrollment of 1,122, with two new buildings planned: a high-tech classroom and learning innovation center downtown, and a student housing and recreation facility on university-owned land near Soldiers Field.

A joint venture between Värde Partners and Hawkins Way Capital will obtain a $431 million CMBS loan for Monarch Portfolio, a collection comprising three student housing communities in New York City and Boston, according to a Morningstar DBRS report. The properties total 2,407 beds across 1,257 units.