Category: Student Housing
-
Fort Collins passes changes to Occupancy Ordinance
May 5, 2010 – FORT COLLINS. Last night the Fort Collins City Council voted 5-2 in favor of changes to the Occupancy Ordinance for rental properties. The major items include: * Every lease shall have the Occupancy Disclosure Form signed and dated by all parties and either 1) notarized or 2) electronically recorded * A…
-
Colorado State University Student Housing Developments
The Coloradoan has written a nice article giving a reasonable update/status on some of the current student housing projects being evaluated around Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. All of these projects have been underway for well over a year, so it isn’t really new news, but the update is pretty accurate. Have a…
-
How Do You Appeal to Renters Without Using Rent Concessions?
By Charity Hisle Multifamily Insiders How are you writing your apartment community craigslist ad titles? Are you using rent concessions to drive traffic to your property? What if you don’t have any promotions? What content are you posting to your Facebook and Twitter pages? Are you just posting your rental rates and promotions? Did you…
-
Now not the time to review Occupancy Ordinance
Clint Skutchan – Fort Collins Board of Realtors The Fort Collins Board of Realtors in 2005 supported the update to the occupancy ordinance because we believed it would lead to safer rental homes and higher neighborhood quality. Once again, we find ourselves engaged in this discussion as the council is slated to review the ordinance.…
-
Student Housing: The Party Isn’t Over
from Black Swan Blog: Student Housing: The Party Isn’t Over The news as of late has been dour. GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Formerly stalwart banks have been nationalized. Retailers are vanishing from the U.S. landscape at an alarming pace. Corporations are failing. Unemployment hit 9.1%. The world is falling around us. Whether…
-
CSU Real Estate Chief Leaves Post
The Coloradoan – BY TREVOR HUGHES • TrevorHughes@coloradoan.com • May 16, 2009 The head of CSU’s real estate office has been “separated” from his post and paid nearly $70,000 in severance after his bosses decided to reorganize the office. Victor Holtorf left the Colorado State University Research Foundation’s real estate office on April 3. CSURF…
-
Student Housing: A Safe Bet for Veteran Owners
GlobeSt.comBy Amy Wolff Sorter DALLAS-One main disagreement at the second annual RealShare Student Housing Conference focused on which was more important when it came to valuation and performance: cap rate or cash-on-cash. But panelists and speakers participating at the April 15 event agreed the sector is more or less recession-proof, so long as the owners…
-
Student Housing Market Holding Firm
“College enrollment is expected to increase by 8% over the next four years and a projected 15 million newly degreed workers will be needed to place retiring baby boomers through 2012. As a result of the supply and demand, student-housing prices have held firm and investment activity is projected to move at a solid clip…
-
Fort Collins Condo Complex Sells for $2.2M
BBK Properties LLLP purchased Sherwood Greens, a 15-unit multifamily in Fort Collins, CO, from Hellenic Plaza LLC for $2.2 million, or about $146,667 per unit. The condominium property at 630 S. Sherwood St. consists of 15 three-bedroom/three-bathroom units. The seller utilized a 1031 exchange to complete the transaction.
-
Oval Flats gets go-ahead from city
BY DAVID YOUNG • davidyoung @coloradoan.com • February 25, 2009 The former Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house is one step closer to being transformed into a new mixed-use commercial and residential building. The Oval Flats project had its public hearing earlier this month, which saw about seven people from the public attend, and was…