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Holiday DIY College Apartment Decorations!

December 1, 2015

Today is December 1st, so that means its time to start decorating for the holidays and studying for finals! At least you get to spend plenty of time with friends and family after those dreadful finals. One of the best ways to bring the holiday spirit into off campus housing is by decorating the inside…

Weekly Roundup of Student Housing News

November 30, 2015

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Here’s what’s happening in student housing… Austin, Texas—ACC Earns Two Awards from National Association of Home Builders American Campus Communities brought home two awards at this year’s annual National Association of Home Builders ceremony: Best Student Housing Apartment Community and Best Mixed-use Community. The two awards were conferred upon ACC’s Chestnut Hill. Nashville, Tenn.—UTC Breaks Ground on…

UniversityParent’s “Best for Parents” Off to Strong Start

November 30, 2015

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This month, UniversityParent launched an innovative new tool that allows companies to demonstrate their commitment to the crucial but unnamed stakeholders in student housing: parents. The idea for the tool was born to UniversityParent’s founder and CEO Sarah Schupp about a year ago at the InterFace Student Housing Conference in Austin, Texas. “I was leading…

8 Posters for Your College Apartment to Make You Seem Cool

November 25, 2015

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At some point in college you’re going to host a party – it’s basically a given. Depending on the size of that party, the likelihood of you being able to talk with everyone there can be slim. So what if that future someone is there and you never even get to say him to the…

Quick and Easy Thanksgiving Decorations

November 24, 2015

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Do you find yourself all of a sudden hosting Thanksgiving for you and some of your fellow friends? Somehow that always tends to happen in college. Some of your friends are snowed in, had their flights cancelled, or simply just couldn’t afford to make it home. Whatever the issue is though, you find yourself with…

Guest Crises: How to Host in an Already Packed Apartment

November 23, 2015

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Although you might love the idea of your cousin or your best friend from back home coming to see you at your apartment, as the day approaches you have second thoughts. With your apartment already packed with your roommates and all of their stuff, you could be wondering how to host in an already packed apartment.…

College Apartment Game Room 101 – Foosball

November 20, 2015

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There are a lot of games offered by college apartments can seem common. Everyone has played them from time to time, but how many of the participants actually know the rules? Do the rules matter when it comes to pastime games? Some may argue know, but why not take this free entertainment as a learning…

5 Reasons Luxury Student Housing WON’T Spoil Your Child

November 20, 2015

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Luxury student housing is a trend that unique to the millennial generation. It’s a growing, $5 billion industry that’s part of the overall reshaping of the way students attend college in general. Now, college is all a social and developmental process—not just something that is done to get a job. While the price tag on…

GMH Builds Steam in Return to Student Housing

November 20, 2015

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One of the first companies to forge the student housing frontier is making steady strides toward a new horizon. GMH Capital Partners was the largest student housing owner in the nation before selling its entire portfolio to American Campus Communities in 2008 for $1.4 billion. Prior to exiting the market, GMH had more than 60,000 student beds in…

A Constant College Apartment Dilemma: Cleaning

November 19, 2015

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Before You Leave for the Holidays: Three Tips

November 19, 2015

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The holidays are coming! You can’t wait for the parties, to see your friends and family back home, and, hey, to take a break from school! Of course, going home for the holidays means you’ll also be gone from your off-campus apartment too. Here are some quick things you can do to make sure you come back to a…

College Apartment Cleaning Hacks

November 19, 2015

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Do you have a hard time finding any time to actually clean your apartment? Between school, studying, and a social life, it can definitely be difficult. Still, cleaning your college apartment needs to be done. This is especially true if you are a social person and enjoy inviting friends over to your house. No one enjoys coming…