US & Canada

A new 60-storey mixed-use tower has been proposed at 149 College Street, designed by Sweeny &Co Architects Inc. for Northwest Development Corporation and Alignvest Student Housing. Located just steps from Queen’s Park station and south of the University of Toronto St George campus, the development would include 480 student residence units in response to the city's growing demand for student housing.

The University of Victoria (UVic) is looking to build more on-campus housing for at least 500 students amid the rental-housing shortage across the capital region.

Jackson State University has been eying an empty hotel in downtown Jackson as a potential solution to its shortage of student housing. President Marcus Thompson pitched the project — a $5 million purchase of the Jackson Marriott at 200 E. Amite St.

The University of San Diego is preparing to increase the number of beds for full time students from 1,262 to 3,101.

A public-private partnership (P3) between Campus Apartments, Mosaic Development Partners and the University of Maryland has broken ground on a $148.8 million graduate student housing project on the university’s campus in College Park.

Dalhousie plans to begin site preparation for a new student residence in Halifax next spring to increase student housing capacity on campus.

Havenly Ventures, a vertically integrated real estate investment firm specializing in student housing, today announced the strategic acquisition of two premier student housing properties: Geddes Hill Apartments near the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI and The Row near Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.

Kennedy Wilson has closed senior construction loans for the development of three student housing projects totaling $184 million at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, University of North Texas and University of California, Berkeley.

Subtext and Nuveen Real Estate have recently acquired a 3.1-acre lot at 3133 N. Alafaya Trail in Orlando, less than a quarter-mile from the campus of University of Central Florida.

Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC, The Martin Group, and Valiance Capital today announced the formation of a joint venture to develop a new Class-A student housing community near the University of California at Berkeley campus, with construction scheduled to begin immediately and completion anticipated prior to the start of the 2026-2027 academic year.