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Northern California Student Housing and Higher Education Summit
Capital Projects, Innovative Development and Delivery Methods, Strategic Partnerships, Speed-to-Market Strategies, and Designing with the Next Generation in Mind
Event Ended On: Tuesday May 13 2025
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Speakers and Panels
UC Berkeley Case Study: Redefining Historic People’s Park
How This Transformative Project Addresses the Student and Affordable Housing Crisis While Preserving the Site's Legacy and Cultural Significance
Enhancing the Student Experience: Building with the Next Generation in Mind
Exploring Design Trends, Amenities, Sustainability, Wellness, and Community Impact
Samuel Jones
Sandy Mendler
Addressing Demand and Affordability: Development and Delivery Strategies
Strategies to Drive Down Costs, Accelerate Timelines, and Leverage Innovative Construction and Design Methods to Improve Speed and Quality
Anders Carpenter
Power of Partnerships: Building a Bridge to Better Student Housing
Advancing the Development of Student Housing through Cross-Sector Collaboration and P3s
What You'll Learn:
What You’ll Learn:
- Gain insights into the rising demand for student housing in Northern California and how institutions and developers are tackling affordability through innovative strategies.
- Explore how design-build, modular, and prefabrication methods are accelerating project delivery while improving quality and reducing costs.
- Examine the design elements, amenities, and sustainability features today’s students value—and how developers are evolving to meet these expectations.
- Discover strategies for navigating zoning, entitlement, and regulatory challenges in partnership with universities and local agencies.
- Learn how public-private partnerships (P3s) and creative financing models are driving the development of impactful, large-scale student housing.
- Dive into UC Berkeley’s People’s Park project as a case study in blending student housing, affordability, historic preservation, and open space.
- Understand how next-gen design strategies are shaping the future of student living, with a focus on flexibility, community, and long-term livability.
How You’ll Do More Business: With the growing demand for affordable student housing in Northern California, a significant gap exists that must be addressed to meet this need. Join us to hear from leading universities and industry experts on supply and demand dynamics, effective development strategies, the role of partnerships, and how to successfully deliver affordable student housing in the region.
Who You’ll Meet During Networking: Owners, developers, investors, brokers, city and government officials, business consultants, architects, engineers, lawyers, accountants, and bankers.
Why You Should Attend This Session: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to help you identify opportunities, build your network, and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than we do.
For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our event producer, Bora Altunay, at bora.altunay@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact rachel.sundin@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Venue
Grand Hyatt San Francisco
345 Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Ballroom Name/Floor: (3B level: enter lobby, go left through the elevator bay, down 2 sets of escalators)
Parking Information:
Valet is $75 per person but there are plenty of self parking lots nearby.
Nearby Garages:
Union Square Garage - 333 Post Street - 2 minute walk - $3 per hour
Sutter-Stockton Garage - 444 Stockton Street - 5 minute walk - $5 per hour
SF City Parking LLC - 520 Mason Street - 6 minute walk - $15 per day
Agenda
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8:00 AM 9:00 AM |
Breakfast & Networking
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9:00 AM 9:05 AM |
Opening Remarks
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9:05 AM 9:50 AM |
Addressing Demand and Affordability: Development and Delivery Strategies
Strategies to Drive Down Costs, Accelerate Timelines, and Leverage Innovative Construction and Design Methods to Improve Speed and Quality
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9:50 AM 10:15 AM |
UC Berkeley Case Study: Redefining Historic People’s Park
How This Transformative Project Addresses the Student and Affordable Housing Crisis While Preserving the Site's Legacy and Cultural Significance
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10:15 AM 10:35 AM |
Networking Break
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10:35 AM 11:20 AM |
Enhancing the Student Experience: Building with the Next Generation in Mind
Exploring Design Trends, Amenities, Sustainability, Wellness, and Community Impact
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11:20 AM 12:05 PM |
Power of Partnerships: Building a Bridge to Better Student Housing
Advancing the Development of Student Housing through Cross-Sector Collaboration and P3s
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12:05 PM 12:35 PM |
Closing Networking
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