Off-Campus Housing Blog

College Living: 5 Factors Every Student Should Consider

May 29, 2015

Whether you’ll be moving from home or escaping the cramped living quarters of your university’s dormitories, transitioning to college apartments is an important step to achieving a greater level of independence. If you’re going off to college for the first time, choosing a college apartment is just one of the many college living adjustments you…

Recipes for College Students: Lunch on the Go

May 27, 2015

Food

If you’re like many college students, lunch is a meal all too often grabbed from the dining hall on campus or a nearby restaurant. You don’t always have time to linger over your meal, especially if you have a class coming up, a project to work on in the library or a homework assignment you…

Student Housing: 5 Reasons to Live Off Campus

May 26, 2015

Apartment Living, Off Campus Housing

One of the biggest decisions college students will make is where they’re going to live. Unfortunately, so many students are overwhelmed by the idea of finding somewhere to live that they immediately jump into on-campus housing, without realizing the ease of finding off-campus apartments. In an effort to help some frazzled students make a decision…

College Apartment Quiz: Are You Financially Ready?

May 25, 2015

Budgeting

When you’re on campus, all your needs are taken care of. You’re assigned a room and a roommate, you eat at the college cafeteria and you don’t have to commute to campus. Most of the time, you can just roll out of bed and be in class fifteen minutes later. Plus, you don’t have to…

Judging the Location of a College Apartment

May 24, 2015

Apartment Living, Safety Tips

Just as you wouldn’t buy a house in a bad neighborhood, when browsing college apartments you should thoroughly explore the surrounding area and make sure it’s in a good location. While you’ll have to make some compromises (this is college after all, not everyone can live in a penthouse), you should never let outside factors,…

Business Report: On Campus Housing and the Public-Private Partnership

May 23, 2015

Industry News

College campuses across the country are feeling the pressure to keep students on campus by offering better accommodations. This week’s business report looks at the methods these campuses are implementing to make on-campus living viable for college students. According to a recent report from GlobeSt, student housing projects in the U.S. show a fundamentally solid demand.…

Grand Campus Living’s New Hires Boast Long History in Student Housing

May 22, 2015

Industry News

By Elizabeth Putfark Grand Campus Living, the student housing division of Lincoln Property Companies, recently announced two new promotions to some of their highest leadership roles: Carol Warren Peddy to Senior Vice President, and Jason White to Vice President. Both new hires have spent several decades in student housing, an experience which White, one of…

Six Tips for Move-in Day

May 22, 2015

Apartment Living

You’ve found the best student housing in your college town. You’ve driven your parents nuts for weeks as you talked about your excitement about move-in day. Now, it’s time to move in and you want the process to go as smoothly as possible. Here are six tips that will help your move go smoothly: No. 1. Move-in day starts…

Healthy Recipes for College Students: Breakfast

May 20, 2015

Food

Breakfast has long been said to be the most important meal of the day, but it’s easy to get into the habit of skipping it if you roll out of bed at the last minute. Instead of skipping breakfast, try filling up on something healthy so that you won’t be ravenous by lunch time. There are…

Five Ways to Find the Best Student Housing

May 19, 2015

Apartment Living, Off Campus Housing

When you move to a new city to attend college for the first time, one of the first things you have to do is find student housing. Everyone want to find the perfect college living situation. However, you might not be lucky enough to have an inside source. Luckily, there are a few strategies you can use to find the best…

Promotional Products Students Actually Want

May 18, 2015

Apartment Living

Understanding how to market promotional products in such a way that the college students see the product or service as essential is vital to a successful marketing plan. Students have many options when it comes to housing. If they are local, they have to decide whether to live at home or on their own. They have…

3 Must Haves for College Apartments

May 17, 2015

Apartment Living, Kitchen

While every bit as good as a single family home, college apartments vary in size and harbor a more interesting array of living arrangements. Thus, life in your apartment can often become hectic and leave you scrambling for order. Though the following list doesn’t encompass every potential need, it should serve as a reminder of the…