Key Ingredients for a Successful P3 (infographic)
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“The Best Vision Is Insight” (Make Your Market Study Count)
This is the second in a series of articles by Michael R. Baird, Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets (bio below). The series addresses current issues impacting the P3 Higher Education Industry. You can read the first article, about tax reform, here. A primary goal of public-private partnerships (P3) is to transfer risk from a …
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How Colleges Manage to Afford Big Projects in Lean Times
Lee Gardner wrote “How Colleges Manage to Afford Big Projects in Lean Times” for The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s special report titled Campus Spaces: Flexibility for the Future. The article details why increasing numbers of public universities are considering P3s—and not just for student housing. Featuring interviews with industry professionals, the article paints a picture of …
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Understanding the Campus and Third-Party Manager Relationship
By Dr. Scott M. Helfrich, D.Ed., Director of Housing & Residential Programs at Millersville University and the owner of Helfrich Advisory Services, LLC. Bio below. | Cover photo courtesy of Millersville University. There are many variations of public-private partnerships (P3) between a university, the property owner (if not the university itself), and a third-party management …
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Thinking Innovatively About Athletics Facilities Partnerships (Part 2)
By Andrew Lieber, Assistant Project Manager, Brailsford & Dunlavey. This article is Part 2 of a 2-part series. Part 1 is about concept insights; Part 2 is about process insights. Part 1 of this article identified a series of innovative partnerships that could be explored to enhance a collegiate athletics facility development. Whether it’s a …
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Universities Don’t Have to Surrender Control With a Public-Private Partnership
By Chris Sherwood, Head of Business Development, Lendlease’s Communities business in the US. Bio below. Facing aging and outdated campus facilities, many colleges and universities are seeking inventive ways to deliver cost-effective, sustainable student housing despite flat or declining appropriations and debt capacity limitations. Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) provide creative, customizable solutions that leverage commercial …
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Thinking Innovatively About Athletics Facilities Partnerships (Part 1)
By Andrew Lieber, Assistant Project Manager, Brailsford & Dunlavey. Bio below. This article is Part 1 of a 2-part series. Part 1 is about concept insights; Part 2 is about process insights. I am not saying anything earth-shattering when I say that collegiate athletics departments of all sizes are financially and/or spatially challenged. Across the …
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The Place We Call Home: The College of Saint Rose’s Win-Win Partnership With the City of Albany
By Dennis McDonald, Vice President for Student Affairs, The College of Saint Rose. Bio below. The College of Saint Rose was eager to find new property to build athletic fields on. Located in the heart of Albany, New York, the College didn’t have its own land for fields. And with no place to call …
Higher Ed P3 2018 “State of the Industry” Report (download available)
The full Higher Education P3 2018 “State of the Industry” report is available for download. The report highlights Brailsford & Dunlavey’s findings from an inaugural annual survey of higher education P3 transactions. This initial 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 …
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