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The Suites on Paseo Student Housing Announces Rebrand as ‘the Essential’, Adopts A New Team, and Creates a Stronger Focus on Student Success.

August 25, 2022

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…

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COCM Awarded Management of 929 Apartments in Eager Park located near Johns Hopkins University Medical Campus

July 19, 2021

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…

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How I Got Into Student Housing: Kelly Podach Francis

August 29, 2018

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…

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Drone Tour of New Housing at Cornish College of the Arts

September 6, 2015

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.

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Part 1 – The State of On-Campus Housing: Utilizing Student Housing for Recruiting, Retention & Enrollment Management

January 17, 2014

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…

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“Do Bold Experiments That Are Cheap to Try Out”

November 18, 2013

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…

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Great Events in Student Housing History

October 18, 2013

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.…

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Move-In Photo Contest 2013 Winner: University of Houston

September 24, 2013

Day 5 – Univ. of Houston giant team photo[/caption] The 2013 move-in contest was a really neat way to see what the move-in process looks like at schools across the country.  We received over 125 photos over the two weeks and hate that everyone couldn’t win because it was extremely fun going through them all. …

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Freshman Bond Over Shared Love for the “Today Show”

September 3, 2013

Tight knit community is one of the main advantages to living on-campus early in a college tenure.  That community builds a sense of belonging, which then translates to a student being more likely to finish at that university. In the spirit of building community, and fresh off of move-in, a group of Freshman students living…

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Move-In Photo Contest!

August 13, 2013

It’s that time of year again… That time when the masses of students are migrating back to campus and moving trucks are getting ready to be unloaded.  It’s one of the busiest times of the year for on-campus housing – move-in!  And we’d love to see you in action.  So, we’re putting on a photo…

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