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Development Strategy Across Georgia Universities: In-Fill vs. College Town

Where capital is flowing, how strategies diverge, and what's driving returns in university markets state-wide

Jeff Warwick

Jeff Warwick

CEO

CCI Real Estate

Andrew Costas

Andrew Costas

Managing Director, Student Housing

Landmark Properties

Jeremy Doss

Jeremy Doss

SVP, Development

RISE

Brian Dillman
Moderator

Brian Dillman

Founder

BDPC

Andrew Costas

Managing Director, Student Housing

Landmark Properties

Andrew joined Landmark Properties in 2015 and his responsibilities include identifying suitable investment opportunities, underwriting key markets, working with land sellers, overseeing design development, managing financial underwriting, securing capital from debt and equity partners, managing entitlements and closing.

Prior to joining Landmark, Andrew worked for North American Properties on the acquisition and finance team and then the multifamily development team. During his tenure at North American Properties, Andrew was involved in all aspects of the investment cycle from site identification to disposition across retail, multifamily, and mixed use product types.

Andrew is a native of Atlanta, Georgia and obtained his B.B.A. in Real Estate from the University of Georgia. He lives in Athens with his wife Theresa and their children Ford, Margaux, and Nell.

Jeremy Doss

SVP, Development

RISE

Jeremy creates development opportunities by introducing RISE to higher education clients. He works with partners throughout development for on-campus housing, dining, retail, parking, and other revenue-generating campus facilities. He monitors the progress of projects to ensure that RISE’s high standards are met. Since starting as a RISE intern in 2001, Jeremy has led 43 developments totaling 29,173 beds, over 10 million square feet, and $2.288 billion in value. He enjoys making memories with family, fishing, land management, and college football.

Brian Dillman

Founder

BDPC

Brian Dillman, AIA, is the founder and principal of BDPC, a boutique architecture and design practice based in Atlanta and licensed in 10 states. BDPC specializes in multifamily housing, adaptive reuse, commercial interiors, and complex code-driven renovations. Known for clarity, speed, and technical excellence, the firm integrates LiDAR scanning, AI-driven/rapid visualization to shorten development timelines and deliver highly buildable solutions.

Brian is recognized throughout the Southeast for his expertise in zoning strategy, Life Safety Code and ADA compliance, urban infill development, and repositioning existing assets. BDPC partners with developers, investors, restaurateurs, and institutions to take projects from concept through permitting and certificate of occupancy with purpose and precision. Hablamos Español.

Designing, Amenitizing & Operating Successful Housing Communities

Balancing experience, efficiency, and the next era of student housing economics

Shannon Corey

Shannon Corey

Executive Director of Housing & Student Life

Georgia State University

Jake Dzurino

Jake Dzurino

President

Caliber Living

Eric Applefield

Eric Applefield

VP, Development

Radnor Property Group

Billy Rothery
Moderator

Billy Rothery

Sales and Business Development Manager

Metromont

Shannon Corey

Executive Director of Housing & Student Life

Georgia State University

Shannon’s focus areas in student affairs include residential curriculum, assessment, professional development and adults in the workplace.  Shannon received her Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Mathematics Education from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from Old Dominion University and Doctor of Education in Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development from the University of Georgia.  She has over 20 years of professional experience in student affairs and residence life in particular and is also certified for Intercultural Development Inventory administration and in behavior-based interviewing. She also remains active in various professional organizations including National Association of Student Personnel Administration (NASPA) and Association of College and University Housing Officers – International (ACUHO-I). On a personal note, Shannon loves dogs and especially her rescue, Mowgli.

Jake Dzurino

President

Caliber Living

Jake Dzurino is President of Caliber Living, a third-party student housing manager with more than 5,500 beds across 13 secondary and tertiary markets in the Southeast. He began his career as a leasing agent in Tuscaloosa at 19, built Caliber's leasing department from the ground up, and led its transition into third-party management. He is also the founder and Managing Broker of Boutique Properties, an intown Atlanta brokerage where he sources and brokers investment deals across Georgia and manages a growing portfolio of intown Atlanta properties.

Eric Applefield

VP, Development

Radnor Property Group

Eric Applefield has over 20 years of multifaceted real estate experience. Based in Charlotte, Eric is

responsible for advancing new development opportunities and managing the full life cycle of projects

through delivery across the Southeast. Over the course of his career he has acquired, master planned,

and developed over 2 million square feet of real estate totaling more than $1 billion of investment.

Since joining Radnor in 2022, Eric has led the divestment of Harborside Senior Housing, managed the

project delivery of Innovation Ridge and the District Energy System at Appalachian State University, and

commenced construction on a new 793-bed student housing community at Morehouse and Spelman

Colleges.

Before Radnor, Eric served as a director of development for Grubb Properties, a North Carolina-based

real estate investment company with a focus in market-rate multifamily assets in the Southeast and

western United States. During his career Eric has entitled and developed more than 4,000 apartment

units across California, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and the

DC metro area.

Eric holds a B.A. in History from University North Carolina at Charlotte and a J.D. from Atlanta’s John

Marshall Law School.

Billy Rothery

Moderator

Metromont

Billy Rothery is a Sales and Business Development Manager with Metromont, one of the East coast’s largest and oldest precast concrete manufacturers. Billy’s previous roles in structural engineering and project management at Metromont have afforded him extensive experience in the modular building industry and have given him technical approaches to new projects. In his current role, Billy is responsible for developing new precast opportunities, building relationships with current and potential customers, educating design professionals on the benefits of total precast solutions, and growing Metromont’s market share and revenue. Billy is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Georgia.

Why You Should Attend The Georgia Student Housing Conference

Why This Matters: 

Georgia is one of the most active student housing markets in the Southeast, and 2026 is anticipated to bring a great deal of completed activity. Universities across the state are engaged in on-campus activity including The University of Georgia, at Kennesaw State, as well as Spelman College, and Morehouse College. Additionally, Georgia Tech's first new on-campus student housing in decades is anticipated to deliver for the beginning of the '26-'27 academic year... and that only reflects institution led, on-campus inventory. The private development ecosystem continues apace to add housing options for students across the state. The University System of Georgia continues to perform well, seeing increased enrollment, in line with regional performance across the Southeast


All of that capital is being deployed into a market with two simultaneous storylines: a national "demographic cliff" in undergraduate applications and the enrollment boom in Georgia, where Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State both rank among the top 10 fastest-growing flagship universities nationally and the state is projected to rank third for enrollment growth over the next five years. Operators, owners, and university officials are recalibrating around necessary amenities, student affordability, P3 and joint-venture deal structures, and urban in-fill vs. traditional college-town development and investment dynamics.  


This Bisnow conference brings together the developers, owners, investors, and university leaders moving Georgia's student housing pipeline forward — to talk through what is actually penciling, what is breaking ground, and where the next round of capital is pointed.

What You'll Learn: 

  • How are developers and operators balancing density, affordability and evolving student expectations in new campus projects?

  • Which amenities are driving leasing velocity and retention today?

  • Which best practices emerge in housing operations, between staffing, technology, and improving resident experience while balancing cost?

  • How do investment and development strategies differ between dense urban university environments and traditional college towns?

  • Where is capital flowing today across Georgia's student housing markets, and how are investors underwriting for risk, absorption, and rent growth?

  • How are developers structuring deals across P3's, JV partnerships, and other mechanisms to navigate entitlements, land constraints and university development priorities?

For questions regarding content, speaking and sponsorship opportunities please email our Southeast Director of Operations, Brandon Elsasser, at brandon.elsasser@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ariel.fromm@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Venue

The Carlyle
1919 Piedmont Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

Parking Information: Complimentary Valet parking

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Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:15 AM
Pre-Event Registration, Breakfast & Networking
9:15 AM
10:00 AM
Designing, Amenitizing & Operating Successful Housing Communities

-Balancing experience, efficiency, and the next era of student housing economics

10:00 AM
10:15 AM
Brief Networking Break
10:15 AM
11:00 AM
Development Strategy Across Georgia Universities: In-Fill vs. College Town

-Where capital is flowing, how strategies diverge, and what's driving returns in university markets state-wide.

11:00 AM
11:30 AM
Closing Networking

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