InterFace Student Housing:
Student Housing is one of the most active and healthy niche markets in commercial real estate today. College and university applications continue to increase, a trend that may actually be enhanced by the economic downturn which makes it harder to get a job and increases the premium on education. All of these students need a place to live and many increasingly look to private student housing operators, making student housing a recession-resistant, if not recession-proof, property type.
 France Publications, publishers of ten commercial real estate magazines across the country, and its InterFace Conference Group will bring together the leading owners, investors, developers, investment sales and leasing brokers, managers and lenders in student housing, along with university and college housing officials, for a one-day national networking conference exploring leading issues and trends in the recession-resistant student housing industry.
InterFace Student Housing will offer high-quality information, national speakers and valuable networking—and with student housing one of the most active and “healthy” sectors in commercial real estate, and a relative dearth of information and networking opportunities for those both involved in and curious about the space, attendance and interest are sure to be strong.
Conference highlights include:
- Campus marketing and leasing update: Are students re-signing for 2009-10 school year? At what rental rates? And with what concessions from owners?
- Where can investors find either yield or distressed opportunities in today’s market?
- Will endowment losses and state aid cuts lead cash-strapped colleges and universities to pursue more joint ventures with student housing investors and developers?
- Operations strategies and new tweaks that make the difference between beating last year’s numbers and falling short
- How to overcome barriers to entry into the student housing market
- Are community colleges an industry growth area in 2009 and 2010?
- Where’s the $$? Besides Fannie and Freddie, is anyone else lending?
- Are mixed-use “gateway projects” the future for university/developer JVs?
- Student Focus Group: A group of college students living in student housing offer an interactive focus group for industry owners, operators, architects and leasing professionals
InterFace Student Housing is produced by France Publications, the leading publisher of commercial real estate news and information in the United States. France Publication titles include Heartland Real Estate Business, Texas Real Estate Business, Southeast Real Estate Business, Northeast Real Estate Business, Western Real Estate Business and Shopping Center Business, along with six other commercial real estate-oriented magazines and five regionally driven magazines focused on wealth management.
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