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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)

3 Years In: Ohio State Comprehensive Energy Agreement

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Doug Smith wrote “3 Years In: Ohio State Comprehensive Energy Agreement” for Energy Services magazine (p. 12). The article features an interview with Scott Potter, OSU’s Senior Director of Comprehensive Energy Management. The same issue has articles on topics like the University of Iowa’s utility P3 (p. 24), as well the University of North Dakota’s steam …

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Solar Carport and Energy Transition at Michigan State University (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 a large, on-site solar carport installation on Michigan State University’s (MSU) campus. At the time it came online, it was the largest such installation in the United States. In this episode, Wolfgang Bauer, University Distinguished Professor …

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Bundling Auxiliary Services: How do we do better with what we have?

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James Vigil wrote “Bundling Auxiliary Services: How do we do better with what we have? Here is a new approach to the organization of service lines to consider” for Spaces4Learning (previously called College Planning & Management). The article makes a case for administrators prevailing in the face of stretched budgets via a partnership-friendly operating model that can not only …

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Bucknell invests in downtown Lewisburg: A Q&A assessing the effort 10 years in

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As part of its 2008 Master Plan, Bucknell University has spent the last decade pursuing a number of projects to strengthen the university’s connection with downtown Lewisburg. This was to be accomplished through forging a better connection between the campus and downtown’s Market Street, including moving many Bucknell facilities there. For example: moving the campus …

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State of the P3 Higher Education Industry (presentation)

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This presentation given by B&D’s Jeff Turner at the 2019 P3 Higher Education Summit begins with an overview of the evolving industry context for higher education, then looks at B&D’s annual State of the Industry report. The presentation led into a panel discussion with Scott Abrams of the University of California System, Peter Krawchyk of …

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