Harrison Street Purchases 2 Medical Buildings in Philly

Harrison Street purchased two medical office buildings in Northeast Philadelphia for $17 million. The buildings are currently occupied by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The buildings, which total 86,000 square feet, are 94.7 percent leased. Keep reading

Harrison Street Enters JV For French Student Housing

PARIS—Continuing its foray into European markets, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has formed a joint venture with student housing developer HPC Group and its subsidiary Oceanis Promotion. Keep reading

Transforming Age’s $138 Million Portfolio Buy

Transforming Age, formerly known as Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest, acquired an eight-property portfolio totaling more than 1,000 units for $138 million. The portfolio, located across the Twin Cities, was acquired from a joint venture between Des Moines, Iowa-based LCS and Chicago-based Harrison Street Real Estate. Keep reading

The American Model Abroad

Student housing is increasingly becoming a global business. While we are just at the start of lending American student housing ingenuity to projects abroad, foreign investment has participated for some time in student housing investments here in the United States. At the same time, a number of U.S.-based investors are seeking to deploy capital abroad, where purpose-built student housing is practically in the embryo stage. Keep reading

Pensions & Investments Best Places to Work 2016

Harrison Street was named Best Places to Work in the Alternatives Managers category by Pensions & Investments for the third consecutive year. Keep reading

Investors Strike $150 Million Deal for Senior Residence

An investor group has paid about $150 million for a senior residence on New York’s Upper West Side, with plans to upgrade the facility and provide assisted-living and memory-care services. The Northwind Group, Harrison Street and the Engel Burman Group bought the 239-unit, 16-story art deco building at 305 West End Avenue. Keep reading

Real estate offers safety amid Trump-win volatility

Real estate offers investors a consistent long-term return in the volatile market environment the election of President-elect Donald Trump has ushered in, Chris Merrill, co-founder of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, said on Friday. Keep reading

Largest campus housing project in USF history unveiled

The largest public-private partnership in the history of the State University System – a new student housing project called the Village that will be home to more than 2,000 students. Keep reading

Morningside House Senior Living Portfolio Sells

A seven-property, assisted living and memory care portfolio has been acquired for $186.25 million by an affliliate of health care real estate investment trust (REIT) HCP Inc. Keep reading

Looking Abroad in Response to Our Student Housing Crisis

Over recent months, the reality of Dublin's accommodation crisis has hit home once again as students have struggled to find accommodation for the year. Keep reading