US & Canada

Student housing asset manager Student Quarters paid $181 million to acquire HERE Atlanta, a 350-unit, 29-story tower at Spring Street. CA Ventures was the developer/seller of the tower, which opened in 2021. The project is two blocks east of Georgia Tech.

Chicago-based Harrison Street has announced a deal to acquire a 20-acre student housing property within walking distance from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The real estate asset manager purchased The Vue at 1111 Stadium Drive, south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

Rodney King led the development of the University of South Carolina's largest-ever on-campus housing project.

Wrecking crews descended on The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at 1707 Hillsborough St. last week to begin demolishing the decades-old building. Chicago-based Core Spaces is planning to build a 12-story luxury student housing complex in its place. It will provide boarding for up to 2,000 N.C. State students, The N&O previously reported.

PX4 Development has purchased an 80-room hotel in the Long Island community of Jericho with plans to convert the building into a student housing community with one-, two- and three-bedroom units.

This fall, Appalachian State University issued a request for qualifications from developers for a public-private partnership (P3) to build new student housing, parking and potential student support facilities at several Boone campus locations. The goal is to provide approximately 1,850 new beds in new residence halls and apartments on App State’s Boone campus and Appalachian 105 property.

The latest among Georgian’s efforts to support students amid a challenging housing landscape is to announce it has chosen to work with EY Canada to support in the development of a student housing strategy.

The Illinois Energy Conservation Authority closed $15.6 million in financing for a C-PACE project in Champaign, Illinois. The C-PACE capital will help fund energy-efficient improvements for a 402-bed student housing development situated on 3.73 acres at 28 East Green Street.

Berkadia Student Housing has sold the WWU – Living Portfolio and The U located in Bellingham, Washington.

A new master plan for Cal State Long Beach is set to pave the way for the school to add up to 1,600 new student beds to its campus in the years ahead. According to a notice published this week, the university is looking to get that process rolling.