BIRMINGHAM, AL - Capstone Development Partners (Capstone), (www.capdevpartners.com) developer of The Summit on College has signed a lease with Red Robin Express LLC for a Red Robin’s Burger Works® restaurant location, which will become the lead tenant in the ground level retail component of this new, upscale student residential-retail mixed-use development within walking distance of Colorado State University.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Capstone Development Partners (“Capstone”) (www.capdevpartners.com), Lock Haven University (“LHU”) (lhup.edu), and Lock Haven University Foundation (“LHUF”) (lhufoundation.org) proudly announces the new student housing project, Fairview Suites, has been awarded LEED® Silver certification by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Capstone Development Partners (CDP), (www.capdevpartners.com) managing partner of Tucson Properties has signed a lease with World of Beer (WOB) for 3,150 square feet at The Cadence, downtown Tucson's only student housing venue.
THE DAILY WILDCAT - Students will be key in growing downtown Tucson, say UA leaders and city officials, who are working together to increase housing and employment opportunities and expand UA programs in the area. Janice Cervelli, dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, and Bob Smith, vice president for business affairs, are leading the downtown discussion for the UA. Cervelli and Smith have been looking into the possibilities of bringing programs within various colleges as well as research opportunities to downtown.
BIRMINGHAM, AL - To fill a void in the current market, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Capstone Development Partners are pleased to announce P3+, a new program for universities seeking cost-effective private sector financing and development assistance with their on-campus housing.
CENTENNIAL HALL AND FALCON HEIGHTS, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY - MFE received more than 200 nominations in the 2012 competition year. In the student category, Centennial Hall and Falcon Heights was honored with the Merit Project of the Year award.
FAIRVIEW SUITES, LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY - The Master Builders’ Association Building Excellence awards are awarded to projects that best illustrate teamwork, how difficult challenges were met, client satisfaction, the project’s special characteristics and safety.
THE NEW YORK TIMES - With state budgets tight and demand for a college education at a high point, public universities across the country are increasingly turning to the private sector to build and finance on-campus dormitories. Even before the recession, states found that companies that specialize in student housing could build residence halls more rapidly and cheaply than universities could. They can ease the burden of being a landlord. And perhaps most important, these partnerships free capital for facilities like classrooms and laboratories.
THE HEIGHTS, MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY - The American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) annual Engineering Excellence Awards competition recognizes engineering firms for projects that demonstrate an exceptional degree of innovation, complexity, achievement and value. Projects from all across the world are rated on the basis of: uniqueness and/or innovative application of new or existing techniques; future value to, and enhancing public awareness/ enthusiasm for the engineering profession; social, economic, and sustainable development considerations; complexity; and successful fulfillment of client/owner’s needs, including schedule and budget.