University Neighborhood Overlay
As California Embraces Transit Upzoning, Austin’s 22-Year Density Test Offers a Blueprint and a Warning
A student-housing overlay that reshaped the blocks west of the University of Texas gives California developers and planners a rare, finished case study...
In the Fight to Build Housing Near Campus, the University Is the Obstacle
Austin's stalled push to add towers near the University of Texas, and California's drawn-out housing battles at Berkeley and Stanford, point to the...
The Underpriced Catalyst in Campus Real Estate Is a Train, From Austin’s Light Rail to Bay Area Transit
The catalyst reshaping land values around universities is not zoning but transit: Austin's 9.8-mile light-rail line will run past West Campus, and California's...
Why Institutional Capital Keeps Betting on Student Housing While the Bay Area Stays Underbuilt
Once a fragmented niche, purpose-built student housing has become an institutional asset class drawing billions from Blackstone, KKR and Greystar, and the Bay...
After the Student-Housing Towers, the Bay Area’s Next Campus Play Is Everything at Their Base
The next round of value creation in university districts is not more student beds but the grocery, retail and hotels that keep them...
