COCM (Capstone On-Campus Management), the leading provider of third-party management services for on-campus housing, proudly announces it has become a 100% employee-owned and operated company. The transition to an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) closed on July 31, 2024, positioning COCM as the only employee-owned on-campus student housing company. Becoming a 100% employee-owned company affords…
College Park, Md. — A public-private partnership (P3) between Campus Apartments, Mosaic Development Partners and Capstone On-Campus Management at the University of Maryland has broken ground on a $148.8 million graduate student housing project on the university’s campus in College Park. The community is the first of a larger, three-phase development that will replace the existing…
View the full article in Student Housing Business Magazine’s latest issue. Operating On-Campus A look at some of the growing trends and best practices for third-party management on-campus. By Katie Sloan Enrollment is continuing to rise at many universities across the country — a fact which, alone, would be likely to substantiate a rise in…
As San Diego enters another academic year and college students pour in from around the country, and world, the popular Suites on Paseo student housing facility has rebranded as the Essential to fill a much-needed void in off-campus housing offerings: Affordable living focused on student success. The Essential isn’t just a name change but refreshed…
COCM (Capstone On-campus Management) has been selected by EBDI (East Baltimore Development, Inc.) to manage 929 Apartments in Eager Park adjacent to the Johns Hopkins University Medical Campus in Baltimore, Maryland. The 572-bed community serves the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine, School of Public Health, and School of Nursing at JHU. The 929 Apartment community is a 20-story…
Join the Conversation Podcast How I Got Into Student Housing – with Kelly Podach Francis When a residence hall comes in under budget, that money can be invested in the building itself. But how do you make decisions around what improvements to prioritize? Kelly Podach Francis designs an action plan based on student feedback, and…
Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington is just opening a new residence hall. They had a some footage shot from a drone camera and it ended up producing some incredible views of the building and the backdrop of the city. Cornish -College of the Arts from Chad Copeland on Vimeo.
This past November, Student Housing Business brought together leaders from higher education, as well as the student housing industry, for the inaugural InterFace Student Housing Conference in Orlando. A wide variety of topics salient to student housing were discussed -from Finance to Architectural Design Trends to Residence Hall Renovations and Technology. In case you weren’t able to…
This is the second part of the two-part podcast, The State of On-Campus Housing: Utilizing Student Housing for Recruiting, Retention & Enrollment Management. To listen to part one, click here.
Dr. James Muyskens, President of Queens College, spoke with us about his upcoming retirement, reflected back on his career, and explained how a decision to bring a residence hall to the campus changed the school as a whole.
Recently, I watched a TED Talk by New York City’s Transportation Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan. Sadik-Khan discusses projects that transformed the streets in all five boroughs of NYC. Listening to Sadik-Khan describe the renovation of 26 acres of space (including Times Square), changing the aesthetic of public areas, improving the efficiency of the buses, and increasing…
The Multi Family Executive magazine recently did a pretty neat infographic on “Great Events in Student Housing History.” It shows significant milestones from residential living on campus, from the 23rd century until today. One such fun fact from the document: The first known residential university in the world was established in 470 AD in Bihar, India.…
