US & Canada

In an effort to provide more “safe and affordable living options,” Western University recently announced plans to construct two new residence buildings. The university is in the final planning stages of building the new residences that will house 1,000 students on campus.

San Jose State University may occupy part of a Hilton hotel in Downtown San Jose for student housing in a potential sale now in negotiations by its owner.

A new St. Joseph’s University dormitory for first-year students is being proposed as part of a plan to shift undergraduate housing away from West Philadelphia’s residential neighborhoods, minimizing conflict between students and area residents.

Indiana University plans to build an $81 million, 158-unit apartment building in Bloomington on the site that formerly housed the Poplars Building, which IU tore down last summer.

UC's Board of Trustees is looking to take action to help ease the school's housing crunch. On Tuesday, trustees approved funding to design another student housing development. Plans call for 600 beds of housing and a parking garage, along with other amenities.

A developer seeks to bring a major project to Harrisonburg that would add more student housing along Port Republic Road. It would be built on a property at the road’s intersection with Devon Lane.

The shortage of student housing, especially on-campus residence options, accounts for a sizeable share of Metro Vancouver’s housing affordability and supply crisis. Over the next 10 to 15 years, UBC has plans to build 4,800 new student residence beds, including 4,300 at the Vancouver campus and 500 at the Okanagan campus.

A letter of intent has been signed by the university and private equity investment and management company, AAM15 Management, to build the housing on the east side of UVM’s main campus.

Core Spaces, Schenk Realty and Kayne Anderson Real Estate closed a $233.3M construction loan to finance development of Hub Knoxville. Spanning four acres, the project is the largest student development in Knoxville’s history.

A joint venture led by multifamily developer Greystar has received loans to refinance a pair of student housing complexes near two of the largest universities in Washington and Oregon in the latest sign of investor and lender demand in the sector.