Student Housing

As part of the deal Greystar and Blackstone are acquiring a portfolio of off-campus student housing for $1.2 billion.

A roundup of the latest leases, sales and other transactions in the Northeast middle markets.

Student housing REITs tend to do well no matter where the cycle is as students will always go to college, even -- especially -- during a downturn.

The latest deals, personnel moves and transactions in the Midwest region.

Student housing has a unique ability to outperform other property types in a down market, a compelling feature given where we are in the cycle.

The 894-bed Retreat at Orlando student housing complex was sold by a subsidiary of Inland Private Capital on behalf of one of its 1031 investment programs to Preferred Apartment Communities of Atlanta. PAC acquired the property through its wholly-owned subsidiary Preferred Campus Communities, LLC.

The transaction would be structured as a 75-year ground lease between ACC and a Walt Disney World Resort subsidiary.

The $593 million issued by DASNY on behalf of NYU was offered as a $349-million tax-exempt series and a $244-million taxable series.