Student Housing

The joint venture also makes its first investment.

The uptick in preleasing is mirrored in investment activity in the sector.

Preleasing is down for off-campus higher ed housing but that is expected to improve over the summer.

While distance learning stunted student housing investment, the economic recession is restoring confidence in the asset class.

The firm has added four net-leased, mission-critical assets to its portfolio; bringing its year-to-date investment volume to $765 million.

The Nashville, TN-based firm announced the $81 million acquisition and renovation plans for the two apartment communities, situated near Colorado State University.

While the market will continue to recover through the spring semester, student housing owners are confident that demand and modest rent growth will return in the fall.

These 10 top performing schools share several commonalities, but the one that probably stands out most is that they are geographically concentrated in the Southeast