Five Trends for Student Housing
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Senden: “Creating a community, a sense of camaraderie and fostering shared interests will help attract, as well as retain students.”
IRVINE, CA—Internet connectivity is just one of the must-haves for student housing, KTGY Architecture + Planning design principal David Senden tells GlobeSt.com. Senden spoke with us exclusively about the essentials for developing successful student-housing communities. Below, his list of the five biggest trends in student housing and how to take advantage of them.
Value—Gen Z (and their parents) think that value matters even more so than the Millennials that came before them. They are the children of the recession and have watched their parents struggle. Gen Z is practical and does not allocate money for frivolity. Although the economy is better now, Gen Z remembers when it wasn’t. Allowing for flexibility in sleeping arrangements is important for this practical generation. Sometimes it is necessary to accommodate two or three students in a sleeping room rather than just one room with its own attached bath…
