| With enrollments on the rise, student housing demand has continued to grow and is expected to continue growing over the coming years:
- Which schools are leading the way in big developments?
- What does the "dorm of the future" look like?
- Will an emphasis be made on creating public/private partnerships?
- How will new development requirements in sustainability and innovation influence the future of the market?
- Where are the best investment opportunities and
what are the drivers behind them?
- Where is the money coming from to finance new investments and developments?
- How can you take advantage of rent growth?
- Are new products being developed in response
to the demand spike?
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
W Hotel Midtown
188 14th Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30361
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| | 9:30 AM -- 10 AM | Post-Game Schmooze
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Or email steve.revard@bisnow.com
Price $59
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|  | Jeff Cooper
Director of Residential Life
Kennesaw State University
| | Jeff oversees 3,500 residential students living in four on-campus communities. He has over 12 years of experience in the field of student housing and residence life administration within public and private institutions, previously serving as Director of Residence Life at Lynn University in Boca Raton. | | | 
| Francis Gillis
Senior Director of Housing, Facilities
Georgia Institute of Technology
| | A registered environmental manager, Fran previously served as a U.S. Army Engineer Officer where he was assigned various engineer and managerial developmental assignments with increasing levels of responsibility for leading, programming and executing military operations consisting of platoon leader, company commander, construction project manager, operations officer, instructor, public works director, and senior engineer staff officer. He completed his military obligations in 1997 as a LTC. | | |  | Wes Rogers
President and CEO
Landmark Properties
| | Wes has overseen $500M of new construction student housing since 2004. In recent years, Wes and Landmark have largely focused on developing student cottage communities under the "Retreat" brand. Wes is responsible for establishing and implementing Landmark's overall corporate strategy. He is particularly involved in the development and finance side of business. | | |  | Cecil Phillips
Chairman and CEO
Place Properties
| | Cecil has financed, developed and overseen the development of more than 50k bedrooms of on-campus and off-campus housing at 30 different campuses. Place Properties’ development and financing includes capital infrastructure projects for colleges, universities, and public school systems. | | |  | Andy Feinour
SVP
Carter
| | Andy leads Carter’s student housing practice, which has been involved in 70 university projects on 30 campuses totaling $2B. Since 1995, Carter has delivered 12k beds of student housing. It’s currently developing an 850-bed project at Valdosta State University, is program managing the delivery of 2k beds at the University of Louisiana – Lafayette, and has 1,500 beds in its private off-campus development pipeline. | | |  | Eric Brock
Lord, Aeck & Sargent
| | The company has completed more than 10,800 beds of student housing on 26 campuses. Eric recently completed master planning for a new 2,000-bed mixed-use, residential village at UNC Greensboro as well as the architectural design of the first 800-bed phase. | | | MODERATORS
|  | Eddie Lusk
Audit Principal – Atlanta
Reznick Group
| Eddie has over 18 years of public accounting experience. His professional experience includes extensive audit, accounting and litigation services in the real estate industry. Eddie provides services to developers and owners of student housing, affordable housing, multifamily in addition to commercial real estate, syndicators, investors and property management companies.
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|  | Laura Hester
Foltz Martin LLC
| Laura specializes in both commercial real estate and corporate law: in real estate, representing public and private developers and owners of multifamily, hotel and student housing projects; and in corporate law, representing owners of closely held businesses in a variety of industries. She provides both legal and business counsel to her clients, advising with respect to all aspects of business life from acquisition, development, financing, and operation, all the way through the sale, merger, or other succession.
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