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federal loans withdrew from Georgia’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015. Photo by bearsky23/via Adobe" width="689" height="402" class="size-large wp-image-225431" /> More than 108,000 students who had taken out federal loans withdrew from Georgia’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015. Photo by bearsky23/via Adobe ATLANTA – Alduha Leon and Jared Sanders, roommates at Savannah State University , dined on hot dogs in their apartment on Thanksgiving Day of their sophomore year. They had decided to skip feasting with family in Atlanta to pick up extra hours at their airport jobs loading luggage onto planes. Payday wasn’t until Friday, though, and Leon only had $5 left on his food stamps card . During the three years they spent at Savannah State , Sanders and Leon struggled to pay their tuition, fees and living expenses. They accumulated more than $50,000 in loans between the two of them, despite working up t...

LEXINGTON, KY - EdR, one of the nation's largest developers, owners and managers of high quality collegiate housing communities , announced the opening of University Flats and Lewis Hall Honors College , the most recent phase of the revitalization of the University of Kentucky's on- campus housing . In 2017, EdR will add nearly $300 million in assets to its owned portfolio and deliver nearly $100 million in third-party developments."With the opening of University Flats, the University of Kentucky has completed the most comprehensive transformation of student housing in public higher education ," said Eric N. Monday, UK's executive vice president for finance and administration. "Working with EdR, we have constructed 6,850 new beds and nearly 200 active learning spaces to create a housing system that is singularly focused on student success through modern, technology- rich living spaces that foster a sense of community. At UK, we put students at the center o...

PHOENIX, Aug. 21 -- Hines issued the following news release: Hines, the international real estate firm , has entered into a joint venture agreement with New York Life Real Estate Investors , on behalf of its institutional client , as its equity partner to develop the Offices at Chandler Viridian .The Offices at Chandler Viridian is a six-story, Class A office building with 250,000 square feet of space located at the intersection of Loop 101 and Loop 202 near the Chandler Fashion Center ."The Offices at Chandler Viridian is a highly desirable office building offering users the connectivity needed in today's business world. The addition of New York Life Real Estate Investors ' institutional client creates a powerhouse partnership for this project," said Chris Anderson, managing director and Arizona leader for Hines. "Without leaving the Chandler Viridian campus , tenants will be able to stay at a beautiful new hotel, live at a luxury multifamily complex , ea...

Development Aug 25, 2017   Share Also: Freeman Webb buys in Alabama; Turner releases quarterly report ; Cool Springs Hilton topped The space for the future Nashville office of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein is being prepped at 222 2nd, the SoBro-based mixed-use tower soon to open. Thomas Constructors is handling the build-out, with a permit valued at $600,000. The building (pictured as a rendering in the center of the above photo) is located at 222 Second Ave. S. Nashville-based Gresham Smith & Partners designed the tower and will be a tenant. Lieff Cabraser is based in San Francisco. The local office operates at One Nashville Place in the CBD. Cool Springs Hilton topped The building to eventually house the 244-room, eight-story Hilton Franklin/Cool Springs Hotel has been topped. Developer Chartwell Hospitality has slated a ceremony to recognize the milestone for Tuesday, Aug. 29, according to a release. Once completed in summer 2018, the project will include a two...

Thinking of moving to Buffalo? Here’s what you need to know. There is more to Buffalo than chicken wings and Niagara Falls. The city has gone through a recent revitalization offering sophisticated , big-city entertainment and culture with a modest price tag for those looking to buy or rent. In 2014, mean house prices were about $106,000, with rents running about $700 per month. Located in western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie, Buffalo is best known for being the country’s main access point to the famous beauty and power of Niagara Falls. With a population of about 260,000, Forbes rated Buffalo in 2010 as the 10th best place to raise a family and then rated it in 2014 as the country’s most affordable city. Who’s There? Buffalonians, as residents are called, are primarily young, single, educated, and upwardly- mobile career starters who bring vitality to the city’s restaurants, music scene and nightlife. With so many career-minded professionals, the education level of B...

click to enlarge Wake County Housing Authority - THOMAS GOLDSMITH" /> Thomas Goldsmith Burnetta Smith, CEO of Wake County Housing Authority Residents of Forest Hills Apartments in Garner appeared March 20 with little fanfare to tell Wake County commissioners their story: they’d received short notice that they’d have to pay much higher rents and/or move out of the place that had long been home to many of them. By Wednesday night, ten days later, dozens of Forest Hills residents , led by community activist Octavia Rainey , drew a notable crowd to a meeting in a Garner church on the issue. And action at the federal and local level was underway to help residents who had been dismayed by their imminent removal. “To have done us this way was inhumane to us,” sixteen- year Forest Hills resident Janice Williams said during the meeting. Those who showed up included an aide to U.S. Representative David Price , six of the seven Wake County commission...