This article is the fourth in a 5-part series. Part 1 offers background on innovation districts—what they are, where they’re located, how colleges and universities relate, how P3s relate, etc. Part 2 features a Q&A with Brian Darmody, CEO of the Association for University Research Parks. Part 3 looks at why schools might want to …
By Jessica Rosenberg, Brailsford & Dunlavey This article is the third in a 5-part series. Part 1 offers background on innovation districts—what they are, where they’re located, how colleges and universities relate, how P3s relate, etc. Part 2 features a Q&A with Brian Darmody, CEO of the Association of University Research Parks. Part 4 …
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Dan Hedman wrote “University sees sustainability improvements from energy partnership” for Ohio State News. The article looks at Ohio State’s energy P3, assessing the partnership two years into the 50-year engagement. Details include progress made, plans for a Combined Heat and Power plant, and what Ohio State has been doing with the proceeds. (August 2019)
By Jessica Rosenberg, Brailsford & Dunlavey Brian Darmody is the CEO of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP), and the Associate Vice President for Corporate Engagement at the University of Maryland. A 37-year administrator, Darmody is a respected and well-known champion of research parks and innovation districts. AURP is a nonprofit, international professional …
By Jessica Rosenberg, Brailsford & Dunlavey This article is the first in a 5-part series. It offers background on innovation districts—what they are, where they’re located, how universities relate, how P3s relate, etc. Part 2 features a Q&A with Brian Darmody, CEO of the Association of University Research Parks. Part 3 looks at why …
The full Higher Education P3 2019 “State of the Industry” report is available for download. The report highlights Brailsford & Dunlavey’s findings from its second 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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By Jessica Rosenberg, Brailsford & Dunlavey This article, the second in a two-part series, offers a case study of California State University, Northridge’s campus hotel / conference center planning experience. The first part, available here, offers an overview of campus hotels / conference centers—the why, how, trends, and where we go from here. …
By Steve Collins, president, Community Facility Partners (CFP). Bio below. Public-private partnerships (P3) are becoming a popular approach for public entities to finance social infrastructure projects and complete them within an aggressive timetable. While P3 developments offer unique financial structures that allow the entities to get hard-to-fund projects completed, they can be a bit more …
“With so many higher education public-private partnership (P3) projects underway nationwide, and with so many others being considered, we have heard for years the market is exploding. Is it? And how does this answer change as we look at different school types and other differences?” – National Association of College Auxiliary Services (NACAS) …
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The Chronicle of Higher Education has released a comprehensive issue brief on P3s in higher ed—written by Scott Carlson and available for purchase on The Chronicle‘s site. “The Outsourced University: How Public-Private Partnerships Can Benefit Your Campus” is meant to serve as a primer: “Whether your goal is to get up to speed on industry trends, consult …
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