US & Canada

Chicago-based CA Ventures is moving forward with a proposed 25-story, 221-unit student housing project in the University District of Seattle. Located at 1205 NE 50th St., the site was purchased by CA Ventures in late 2021 for $16.5 million.

A Texas-based private real estate investment and development firm recently purchased a 240-unit student housing complex in Columbia. Dallas-based RREAF Holdings has acquired Rivers Edge at Carolina Stadium, which houses students from the University of South Carolina.

Augustana University is planning to build a four-story mixed-use building with student housing and some administrative offices near 28th Street and Grange Avenue.

Luxury student housing developer Core Spaces hopes to further expand its footprint in downtown Madison with the addition of two more buildings.

The modular housing was fabricated off-site in a temperature-controlled factory by NRB Modular Solutions and is being transported to the site. Each of the 52 modules will be set on the foundation footprint by crane and joined together like building blocks to make one integrated building. Once the modules are in place, the joints will be sealed and weatherproofed.

Muinzer and T2 Capital Management recently acquired Basham Rentals in West Lafayette, Indiana. The acquisition includes the entire Basham Rentals student-housing portfolio of 33 properties adjacent to Purdue University.

Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland is beginning construction this week on its third student residential building. The school says the building is needed to accommodate the growth of its student population.

While shipping container dormitories have been adopted as a solution to student accommodation shortages in countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, and...

Following the success and popularity of purpose-built student accommodations (PBSAs) in the U.S., U.K. and Europe to address the need for quick, safe and stylish housing for growing student populations, Canada is putting itself on the map in the sector with a brand-new PBSA in Guelph-one of the country's fastest growing cities.

Berkadia has been hired by OC Ventures to sell the Letterman, a 482-bed property at 410 South Morgan Street near the University of Illinois Chicago, Crain’s reported. The building is 112 years old and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.