US & Canada

There is new momentum for a long-planned project to build a substantial student housing and education institution development in the core of Surrey City Centre. Earlier this month, Global Education Communities Corp.

Global Student Accommodation (GSA) has announced the successful closing of a $500m senior loan facility with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Wells Fargo), one of the world’s leading financial institutions.

Construction is now officially underway on another new major student housing building atop Burnaby Mountain, serving the growing needs of Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) main campus.

The Evolve Student Housing development to meet the demand for on-campus living has been approved by the California State University (CSU) system’s Board of Trustees, permitting construction of the project to begin.

Fifty-one homes and apartment complexes in Ann Arbor will be demolished to make way for more student housing on the University of Michigan’s central campus.

Core Spaces has acquired The Union at Auburn, a 501-bed property located near the Auburn University campus in Alabama. The Chicago-based student housing owner-operator purchased the community from Boston-based WFI for an undisclosed price. Newmark brokered the acquisition.

A partnership between LV Collective and Culpepper Realty has unveiled plans for a 952-bed student housing project that will serve students at Texas A&M University in College Station. The site at 313 College Ave.

Midwestern University, which focuses on graduate students in medical professions, is investing up to $95 million to develop a student housing project on its Glendale campus.

Plans to build a pair of housing towers on Columbia’s Main Street continue to move ahead. Now, developers are sharing what the project may...

VCU is aiming to kick off demolition this year to make way for two sizable projects: a dorm planned for West Grace Street on its Monroe Park campus, and a new School of Dentistry downtown.