CORNISH COMMONS, CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS - This category of the Innovator Award in Best New Development is awarded to the best new on-campus student housing development that proves best to how the project solved a unique need for the university/college; architecture/design; how the project fits into the campus fabric; and how the project performed relative to budget/timing.
CORNISH COMMONS, CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS - This category of the Innovator Award in Most Creative Public/Private Financing is awarded to the most creative public/private financing of an on-campus student housing project that proves best to how the financing solution allowed the project to move forward and what financing techniques and strategies were used to overcome obstacles in arriving at a financing solution that worked for all stakeholders.
PACIFIC NEWS - Ground preparation has already begun to set the stage for a new four-story residence hall north of the Calaveras River on the Stockton Campus. It is the first new residential construction project at Pacific since Monagan and Chan Family halls were completed in 2002. The 381-bed complex will eventually result in approximately 200 more beds, as the long-term plan calls for reducing the number of beds in some of the older existing housing facilities. It is part of a multi-phase master plan to enhance, renovate and repurpose student housing at University of the Pacific.
BOSTON GLOBE - In a first for the bustling commuter school, the University of Massachusetts Boston expects to open a 1,000-student dormitory complex on its Columbia Point campus in September 2018, university officials said Thursday. “This is a major milestone in the history of UMass Boston and a significant accomplishment for the university as a whole,” said Martin Meehan, president of the university system, in a statement.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Capstone Development Partners, (www.capdevpartners.com) (“CDP”), in conjunction with the University of North Alabama ("UNA"), celebrated the completion of Olive and Mattielou residence halls with a dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting ceremony.
CORNISH COMMONS, CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS - Voted the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce’s Building of the Year in 2015, Cornish Commons is a 20-story mixed-used, high-rise structure providing more than 430 beds of housing and nearly 17,000 sf of academic space for Cornish College of the Arts.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA - Marking an important step in the University of South Florida’s plans to build a transformational new housing village on campus, the Florida Board of Governors today approved plans to enter into a public-private partnership (P3), with Capstone-Harrison Street, LLC (partnership of Capstone Development Partners, LLC and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital), kicking off the estimated $133 million development that will eventually be home to more than 2,000 students.
THE TAMPA TRIBUNE - There are rusty sinks and tiny communal showers. The rooms always seem too hot or too cold. The carpets have mysterious stains, and the tiny windows do little to mitigate the harsh fluorescent lighting. But for freshmen Anastasia Akimova,18, and Yu Maeda, 20, along with some 1,000 other students at the University of South Florida, the Andros dorms are home — at least for the semester.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Capstone Development Partners and Cornish College of the Arts held a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 27th to celebrate the grand opening of Cornish Commons, a new residence hall which also includes academic and administrative space and a student life center.
CIRCULATE SAN DIEGO - The MOVE Alliance is pleased to announce its endorsement of 5030 College Avenue Apartments, the proposed Capstone Development Partners student housing project in the College Area. The project provides housing close to the San Diego State University campus in a walkable, bikeable, transit-oriented, urban infill location.