AUSTIN, TEXAS — American Campus Communities (ACC) has delivered new student housing projects totaling $855 million this year.
Together, the six communities — which include Meadows Apartments at Princeton University, Casa del Valle at Arizona State University, The Ridge Graduate & Professional Housing at Emory University, xučyun ruwway Graduate Student Apartments at University of California Berkeley, East Campus Graduate Apartments at The University of Texas at Austin and Graduate Junction at MIT — feature 3,867 beds.
Austin, Texas-based ACC is the third-party developer and manager for Graduate Junction (676 beds), East Campus Graduate Apartments (784 beds), The Ridge Graduate & Professional Housing (535 beds) and Meadows Apartments (604 beds).
Amenities at Meadows Apartments at Princeton University include a communal kitchen, children’s playroom and a market and café. In addition to a communal kitchen, The Ridge Graduate & Professional Housing at Emory University features a fitness center, study areas and a parking garage. At Graduate Junction at MIT, amenities include study areas, a recreation center and gym and indoor bike storage.
ACC is the owner, developer and manager of Casa del Valle at Arizona State University, which offers 507 suite-style beds with social lounges, Zen areas and landscaped outdoor amenities. ACC also owns xučyun ruwway Graduate Student Apartments at UC Berkeley, which totals 761 apartment-style beds with community space, a fitness center, lounges and 55,000 square feet of green spaces. Both communities are owned under the company’s American Campus Equity (ACE) program.
All of the communities have obtained LEED Silver, Gold or Platinum certification.
Additionally, ACC’s current pipeline includes more than 9,500 student housing beds in pre-development and development stages. The company has developed almost 160 communities since its founding and is the largest developer, owner and manager of student housing in the country, according to a press release.
— Hayden Spiess