2015
September 2015The Retreat at Orlando Student Housing sells to Inland RE Acquisitions, Inc.
Inland Real Estate Acquisitions, Inc. announced today the acquisition of The Retreat at Orlando, a fully developed student housing property located near the University of Central Florida campus.
September 2015Sale of Courtyard Towers in Mesa, Arizona
Greystone has announced that its Real Estate Advisors group has arranged the sale of Courtyard Towers, a 175-unit senior housing community located in Mesa, Arizona.
August 2015Harrison Street Buys Dwight Lofts in Chicago for $105 Million
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has acquired Dwight Lofts, a 771-bed, student housing property located in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. During the school year, the property serves as housing for students attending Columbia College Chicago.
June 2015Chicago REIT pays $61.4 million for medical building at RiverBend in Springfield, Oregon
A Chicago-based real estate investment firm that gained a foothold in the local student housing market last year is diversifying its Lane County investments with a record-breaking purchase of a medical building.
May 2015Harrison Street raises €135m for European Fund
Harrison Street has raised €135 million since its launch in late May. The fund will focus on the acquisition and development of student housing properties throughout Europe.
May 2015Elmspring & Harrison Street announce partnership
The Elmspring accelerator, a seed-state accelerator for real state technology start-ups, is partnering with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, a real estate private equity firm. Harrison Street will play an advisory role to the Elmspring tech start-up companies.
May 2015University of Louisville Student Housing Development JV Begins Construction
908 Development Group, in a venture with Harrison Street, has begun construciton on The Nine at Louisville, a 385-bed, urban infill project located adjacent to the University of Louisville.
May 2015Private Equity Real Estate Top 50
The annual PERE 50 ranking measures private equity real estate firms by equity raised over the last five-year period. Further, as a ranking of private equity real state firms, only funds with value-added and opportunistic investment strategies qualify.
May 2015Most Innovative RE Executives
Christopher Merrill, co-founder, president & CEO of Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate Capital L.L.C., has a strong point of view on the meaning of the word "innovation."
April 2015Harrison Street's CEO Talks Need-Based Demand Drivers
Since 2006, Harrison Street has acquired and funded developments of more than 110 student housing properties at more than 80 universities, equating to more than $4 billion of education-related real estate.