US & Canada

Yugo has been appointed to manage a newly acquired 6,200-bed portfolio by Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Global Student Accommodation, marking the largest U.S. student housing transaction of 2025 and expanding Yugo’s managed assets to 86 properties with 40,000 beds across 29 states.

The University of Washington Tacoma received Board of Regents approval for a new housing and dining development set to accommodate about 500 students by late 2029, marking the introduction of its first traditional dining hall.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a $108 million investment to build a new 456-bed, four-story student housing complex at UTEP, addressing four years of full-capacity demand amid record enrollment growth.

Accolade Campanile will be located next to SDSU’s existing on-campus housing, across from the southern entrance to the school at the corner of Montezuma Road and Campanile Drive. The development will also include 4,200 square feet of ground-floor retail space, complementing existing shopping and restaurants in the vicinity.

Starkville’s board of aldermen approved a $3.35 million tax increment financing (TIF) agreement to support the $45 million Sandcreek Redevelopment Project, a joint venture by Desai Companies and York Developments, featuring a 100-room Home2Suites hotel and a 504-bed student housing complex on a 21.6-acre site off Highway 12.

The University of Miami will replace Mahoney-Pearson Residential College with Gables Village, a new 573,804-square-foot complex featuring 1,458 beds—mostly single rooms—along with study lounges, classrooms, recreational spaces, and a 700-seat dining hall, scheduled to open in Fall 2028.

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.

In an era when universities face declining enrolment and senior living communities grapple with care models grounded in outdated notions of the life course,...