US & Canada

In a major development, San Diego State University has unveiled plans to build a village of dormitory towers to house 5,220 students in the College Area, a neighborhood currently occupied by suburban homes.

Capstone Collegiate Communities has obtained a financing package for the construction of a 165-unit, 532-bed student housing community in Tucson, Ariz. Completion is expected in fall 2027, before the academic year starts.

HPM announced today the topping out of Azalea Hall, a new five-story student housing building on the Mississippi State University campus in Starkville, Mississippi, signifying construction has reached its highest point.

The long-vacant site immediately north of SkyTrain’s Langara-49th Avenue Station is now being eyed for a sizeable high-rise rental housing tower.

The University of Virginia is moving ahead with an initiative to house more students on Grounds, and one component has shifted slightly this month.

The Stretch, a 170-unit, 533-bed student housing community serving the University of Kentucky in Lexington, has sold to GMH Communities. The seller was a joint venture between Tramview Capital Management and Campus Advantage.

Driving near the intersection of Stadium Road and Jefferson Park Avenue, it’s hard to miss the new construction site. Eventually, that space will be home to the VERVE Charlottesville, a large apartment complex with more than 1,300 beds.

In time for the spring semester at the University of California, Berkeley, Bee Cave, Texas-based student housing developer American Campus Communities has opened a new housing option for the school’s graduate students — one of a number of dorm projects underway for the school.

Northmarq’s National Student Housing team, led by , alongside members of the firm’s Debt + Equity platform, successfully arranged the $78.5 million refinance for The Dean Reno, a premier student housing community adjacent to the University of Nevada, Reno.

GTIS Partners LP ("GTIS"), a global real estate investment firm with a focus on residential and industrial/logistics investments, and RISE, a real estate development and management company specialized in student housing, are pleased to announce their joint venture to develop RISE Oxford Farms, a premium student housing community in Oxford, Mississippi, serving students at the University of Mississippi ("Ole Miss").