US & Canada

Landmark Properties has commenced construction on The Mark Tampa, a 215-unit luxury student housing community with 807 beds, located near the University of South Florida, scheduled for completion before the 2027-2028 academic year.

UC Santa Barbara plans to replace the outdated Santa Rosa Residence Hall with a six-story building and add three apartment buildings totaling 1,276 new beds as part of its East Campus Student Housing project, which now awaits approval from the California Coastal Commission.

Landmark Properties, in partnership with HC2 Capital and Peninsula Investments, acquired a 40-acre site in Boone, North Carolina, to develop The Retreat at Boone, a 625-bed off-campus student housing community near Appalachian State University, with delivery scheduled for the 2027-2028 academic year.

The planned co-ed dormitory will provide 456 beds for freshmen, featuring amenities such as a fitness center, lounges, study rooms, and a dining hall, with a focus on affordability and competitive regional pricing.

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.