Student Housing Business | Landmark Properties Adds 11 Communities to Management Portfolio Totaling 5,400 Beds

Landmark Properties has been awarded management of 11 student housing communities totaling 5,400 beds. The Athens-based company’s new assignments are located in Tennessee, Oregon, South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Connecticut and North Carolina.

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BUILD-ING | New Mixed-Use Rental Building to Fill Housing Demand in Kingston

Housing is a top priority in our community. Kingston’s desirable location, which offers convenient proximity to Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and U.S. markets, along with the incredible quality of life we offer, has resulted in continued pressure on our housing market
— City of Kingston Mayor, Bryan Paterson
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Global News | Kingston Housing Shortage Gets a Boom

KINGSTON, ON - SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 - Podium Development Corp., Secure Capital Partners Inc., and Blue Vista Capital Management LLC recently held a cornerstone laying ceremony for Unity Point, the highly-anticipated new purpose-built rental building that will deliver over 200 residential apartments to Ontario's lowest vacancy rate municipality - Kingston

Oshawa Express | A New Spin on a Piece of Oshawa’s History

OSHAWA, ON - The city’s iconic Pleasure Valley Ranch opened in the late 1930s. The ranch featured a wide variety of attractions including a man-made lake, a dance hall, outdoor skating, horseback riding, and pools.

Ironwood in North Oshawa features three unique blocks within its borders, The Tweed, The Houndstooth, and The Herringbone. All three offer different takes on the unique living experience of Ironwood in North Oshawa.

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Real Estate News Exchange | JV to Build Three Apartment Buildings, 788 Units in Kingston

This three-phased, build-to-core multi-family development is truly unique in the Canadian landscape
— David Ogden, Managing Partner, Secure Capital
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New in Homes | University Studios Oshawa is Now Complete!

OSHAWA - Toronto-based Podium Developments and Markham-based Building Capital, as partners, recently celebrated the Grand Opening of their 8-storey mixed use student housing building, University Studios.

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Urban Toronto | University Studios Student Housing Condo Opens in Oshawa

OSHAWA - In the last several years, a new category of condominium has been sold in several markets in Ontario: the student housing condo. Located near university and college campuses, the buildings are designed with particular suites and amenities that cater to student needs, while sales of the suites are aimed at investors looking for reliable income from the under-housed post-secondary students demographic. One of those buildings to recently complete is Building Capital’s University Studios.

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Student Housing Business | University Bridge GP Closes on $231 Million Bond Financing

MIAMI - University Bridge GP — a partnership between GLOBAL CITY DEVELOPMENT, RER VENTURES and PODIUM DEVELOPMENTS — has closed on a $231 million bond issuance for University Bridge Residences, an 886-unit student housing community currently under construction near Florida International University in Miami.

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Podcast | How To Ask – And Get – Premium Rental Rates On Student Housing

University Studios is a new investment opportunity in Oshawa, right beside UOIT and Durham College. Varsity Properties is offering a 3 year rental guarantee to all investors who purchase in this project. Varsity Properties has been achieving premium rents in the student rental markets of Kingston, Oshawa and Barrie for over a decade. We chatted with A.J. Keilty – President and CEO – to talk about how they do this and specifically we discuss the investment opportunity in Oshawa.

Livabl_ | With University Towns, Podium Developments and Building Capital draw on Recent Oshawa Success

Strong demand led to the rapid selling of every unit at University Studios, an Oshawa condo development from Building Capital and Podium Developments that appeals to both students and investors by offering below-market pricing and a location in a higher-learning hub.

Given the project’s immediate success, the two builders are teaming up once again. This time, it is to build on their previous project’s innovative model with the launch of the low-rise University Towns on the same stretch of Simcoe Street North.

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Urban Toronto | Introducing University Towns in Oshawa

OSHAWA - The success of Podium Developments and Building Capital's University Studios—which sold out in just two weeks of sales—has underlined the continuing demand for student housing in college towns throughout the Greater Toronto Area and beyond. With the project now sold out, Podium and Building Capital are teaming up once again to bring a new residential development called University Towns to Oshawa's Simcoe Street North near Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT).

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