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Sustainable Project Finance and Development Opportunities for Higher Education (video)

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DASNY recently hosted a virtual panel on alternative project delivery and financing options to meet campus infrastructure needs, with a focus on recent trends in the execution and financing of energy and sustainable projects in the higher ed market. The panel featured the following voices from around the industry: Stephen Auton-Smith, Ernst & Young Infrastructure …

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Higher Ed P3 2020 “State of the Industry” Report (download available)

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The full Higher Education P3 2020 “State of the Industry” report is available for download. The report highlights Brailsford & Dunlavey’s findings from its third annual survey of higher education P3 transactions. This State of the Industry report focuses on housing and housing-anchored mixed-use projects from B&D’s database of higher education P3 projects that achieved …

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21st Century Campus Energy Transition: Overcoming Capital Cost and Mobilization Challenges – and What Role P3s Can Play (video)

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A recent conversation at the 2020 P3 Higher Education Summit focused on overcoming the scale and capital costs of transitioning to 21st Century energy systems. View the full video here, and read the session description below:   With campuses facing shrinking budgets, growing deferred maintenance, and reliability challenges with a global need to rapidly reduce …

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P3 State of the Industry Report: A Predictable 2019, A Very Unpredictable 2020 (video)

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A recent conversation at the 2020 P3 Higher Education Summit focused on the State of the Higher Ed P3 Industry. View the full video here, and read the session description below:   In this session, the co-leaders of development advisory firm Brailsford & Dunlavey’s higher education practice, Brad Noyes and Jeff Turner will provide an …

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Getting creative with student housing P3s: As financial pressures increase, universities should consider all options for improving campus housing

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By Eric Richard, Senior Analyst, Brailsford & Dunlavey. Full bio below.   Introduction Many colleges and universities use public-private partnerships (P3) to deliver new student housing projects to accommodate demand for on-campus housing. When planned and implemented correctly, these deals are an effective way to deliver a new housing project efficiently and in some cases with …

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When arenas reopen, are you strategically positioned to get the most out of your operations?

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By Andrew Lieber, Associate, Brailsford & Dunlavey. Full bio below.   The term “public-private partnership” (“P3”) is being thrown around so often in collegiate athletics facility development these days, it might as well be the basketball in a run-and-gun offense. In fact, every athletics department has taken notice of Oak View Group’s deal to deliver …

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On the monetization of campus land: Q&A with Kim Wright

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For years, colleges and universities have successfully monetized their non–mission critical real estate assets. In this Q&A, Kim Wright sheds light on why the practice is likely to become increasingly common in the coming years, focusing on the monetization of campus land for commercial development. What is monetization? Wright: To put it simply, monetization as …

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University of Virginia’s Delta Force Program (podcast episode)

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The Campus Energy & Sustainability Podcast explores innovations and challenges in sustainability for higher education and corporate campuses. This episode focuses on the University of Virginia (UVA)’s Delta Force, a self-funded building energy efficiency and sustainability program. Note: UVA’s program is not a P3, but it functions the same way a P3 program would, and sheds light …

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Key considerations for a successful P3 project

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Gene McDonald wrote “Key considerations for a successful P3 project” for HED’s blog. The article foresees a post-pandemic world of public funding shortages and in which “a general ‘re-tooling’ will be required,” and outlines the value of alternative delivery methods. (April 2020)

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