Today's newer student housing is much more modern than the old on-campus buildings with community bathrooms at the end of the hall. 

In the COVID-19 era, that's important.

"In some instances, those functionally obsolete dorms that have the bathrooms down the hall don't follow CDC [The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] regulations, said Jaclyn Fitts, an executive vice president at CBRE who co-leads the CBRE National Student Housing team, on CBRE's The Weekly Take podcast.

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.