Northern California Student Housing & Higher Education Summit
Thu Apr 30, 2026
Northern California Student Housing & Higher Education Summit
The Next Wave of Campus Expansions, Top Projects, P3s, Innovative Delivery Methods and the Modern Campus Experience
$160.00
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Speakers and Panels
Partnering for Progress: The Future of P3s in Higher Education
How Universities and Private Partners Are Collaborating to Deliver Affordable, Scalable, and Sustainable Student Housing
Designing the Modern Campus: Planning, Facilities & Student Life Strategy
How Universities Are Elevating Social Spaces, Amenities & Student Experience
Christen Soares
Planning for Tomorrow: Capital Projects & Campus Expansions
Balancing Enrollment Demand, Affordability, and Infrastructure to Build Resilient Campus Communities
Jason Doyle
Anders Carpenter
Getting Projects to Pencil: Feasibility, Speed to Market & Delivery
Navigating Costs, Materials and Building Methods to Accelerate Student Housing Production
What You'll Learn:
What You’ll Learn:
- Gain insights into how leading UC campuses and Northern California colleges are aligning enrollment growth, capital planning and infrastructure investments to address California’s student housing shortage, estimated at more than 200,000 beds statewide.
- Understand why more universities are turning to public-private partnerships (P3s) to accelerate project delivery, bring in private capital, and share development risk.
- Hear how new delivery methods, including design-build, modular and prefabrication, are helping teams shorten construction timelines and improve project feasibility.
- Explore how innovative funding programs and state-backed initiatives are helping universities deliver student housing at significantly below market rents, at a time when housing can account for more than 50% of a student’s total cost of attendance.
- Learn how developers, architects and contractors are navigating rising construction costs, complex approvals and regulatory hurdles unique to Northern California.
- Discover how design teams are incorporating community spaces, childcare, wellness amenities and sustainability strategies to create the next generation of student housing environments.
How You’ll Do More Business: As NorCal’s leading universities push to expand housing and modernize campuses, navigating costs, collaboration and smart building methods are key to success. Join us to connect directly with the leaders driving capital projects, student housing growth, and P3 delivery models.
Who You’ll Meet During Networking: Owners, developers, universities, investors, 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.
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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 9:45 AM |
Designing the Modern Campus: Planning, Facilities & Student Life Strategy
How Universities Are Elevating Social Spaces, Amenities & Student Experience
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9:45 AM 10:30 AM |
Getting Projects to Pencil: Feasibility, Speed to Market & Delivery
Navigating Costs, Materials and Building Methods to Accelerate Student Housing Production
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10:30 AM 11:00 AM |
Networking Break
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11:00 AM 11:45 AM |
Partnering for Progress: The Future of P3s in Higher Education
How Universities and Private Partners Are Collaborating to Deliver Affordable, Scalable, and Sustainable Student Housing
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11:45 AM 12:30 PM |
Planning for Tomorrow: Capital Projects & Campus Expansions
Balancing Enrollment Demand, Affordability, and Infrastructure to Build Resilient Campus Communities
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12:30 PM 1:00 PM |
Closing Networking
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