Higher Education and Real Estate:
New Strategies and Opportunities for the Development and Financing
of College and University Facilities
June 28 - 29, 2007
The Madison
Washington, DC
Conference Overview
In recent years, a number of factors have led higher education institutions to undertake
new approaches to developing, owning, managing, and financing both new and existing
facilities. These factors include increased competition for research dollars as
well as for the best students and faculty. With enrollment on the rise, colleges
and universities know that they need to develop new facilities that give them an
edge, such as new housing for students and faculty, student centers and athletic
and cultural facilities.
Construction expenditures by colleges and universities increased from about $6 billion
in 1995 to almost $20 billion in 2003, but sources for funding these projects did
not keep pace. Cut-backs in federal and state funding of higher education, lower
endowment returns, and rising construction costs have forced higher education institutions
to consider new and innovative approaches to maximizing the value and utility of
their real estate assets. For real estate service providers, this means a growing
demand from higher education institutions for advice about and assistance with the
development and financing of new facilities.
This conference explores a number of the new options available for colleges and
universities interested in developing and financing new facilities, including a
discussion of some innovative approaches taken by specific colleges and universities
to develop new facilities.
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