South Florida K-12 Education Real Estate Summit

Why Attend Bisnow's South Florida K-12 Facilities & Development Summit

South Florida's K-12 landscape is undergoing a structural transformation unlike anything seen in a generation. Traditional public school districts are facing enrollment declines measured in the tens of thousands, forcing unprecedented decisions about school closures, consolidations, and the repurposing of valuable public real estate assets. At the same time, Florida's expanded school choice legislation has opened the door for charter operators, backed by institutional investors and billionaire philanthropists, to move into public school buildings creating a new and contested model of co-location that is reshaping both the education system and the real estate market that supports it.
 

The development side of the equation is equally dynamic. Private developers are raising hundreds of millions of dollars to build, acquire, and operate school facilities as an alternative asset class with early childhood education centers, charter campuses, and private schools all attracting capital that once flowed exclusively into multifamily and commercial projects. Mixed-use school developments are also emerging as an innovative solution to teacher housing shortages and urban infill challenges, blurring the line between educational infrastructure and real estate development in ways that are attracting attention from the broader CRE community.
 

For investors, developers, operators, and public officials, the questions have never been more urgent: Where is the next school going to be built, and who will build it? Which public campuses will be converted or redeveloped, and on what terms? How does declining enrollment in some corridors coexist with explosive growth demand in others? And as Florida continues to deregulate and expand school choice at a pace that is outrunning local governance, what does the future of K-12 facilities look like across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach? This summit brings together the deal-makers, operators, and policymakers who are writing the answers in real time.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
 

• How declining enrollment in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach public schools is triggering school closures, consolidations, and the release of publicly-owned real estate and what that means for developers
• Why institutional investors and private equity are increasingly targeting K-12 and early childhood education facilities as a compelling alternative asset class with recession-resistant fundamentals
• How Florida's expanded Schools of Hope law and broader school choice legislation are accelerating the co-location of charter schools inside public school buildings and the financial and operational implications for all parties
• What the pipeline of new charter and private school construction looks like across South Florida, who is funding it, and how deals are being structured in a high-cost, land-constrained market
• How innovative mixed-use development models combining school facilities with workforce housing, residential, and commercial uses are emerging as both a revenue strategy for cash-strapped districts and a development opportunity for the private sector
• How developers and operators are navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment as the state accelerates deregulation, charter authorization shifts to new entities, and local school boards push back on losing control of their facilities

For questions regarding content and speaking, please email our Event Producer, Elizabeth Herrgott, at elizabeth.herrgott@bisnow.com. Want to get involved? Contact Jordan.Hinsch@bisnow.com to get information on sponsorship, pricing and availability at this event. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact ariel.fromm@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

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