Par Marie-Estelle Pech. L’école de la rue Saint-Guillaume rachète l’hôtel de l’Artillerie, propriété de la Défense. Une opération immobilière de 200 millions d’euros qui fait grincer des dents. Suite...
Real estate’s real deal in higher ed
By Hilary Daninhirsch. Revenue alone doesn’t drive every real estate initiative. Higher ed institutions involved in development, typically off-campus, also consider the economic revitalization of a blighted surrounding neighborhood and initiatives that support the core mission. More...
University estates group chair warns over 'volatile situation'
By John Elmes. New chair of AUDE, Trevor Humphreys, says increased competition within the sector could create ‘perfect storm’ for estates investment in coming years. More...
Clean tech for buildings takes root
By Stefanie Botelho. New buildings at community colleges provide fertile ground for campuses to not only integrate technology to save energy and money, they also provide hands-on learning experiences for students and instructors. More...
State leaders urge approval for $2B Connect NC bond
Flashy university buildings: do they live up to the hype?
By Alexi Marmot. Universities love a flagship building that sets them apart from the rest. But are they being designed with learning and research in mind. More...
Mapped: top class university towns for buy-to-let property
By Sophie Jamieson. Here are the best locations in the country in which to buy a rental home for your children and other students to live in. Read more...
UMass building boom could be coming to end
By Matt Murphy. The building boom across all five University of Massachusetts campuses over the past decade could be coming to an end, according to the outgoing president, as the university approaches its debt limit and will be forced to slow down building growth unless the state assumes some of its debt. More...
College Plans to Build Biodome Over Entire Campus
Houghton College announced plans today (please note the date) to build a biodome over its entire campus. College officials said that they based the idea on an aircraft hangar at an old Soviet military air base near Berlin in Krausnick, Germany, that was converted into a tropical resort of about 194 million cubic feet. Read more...
Rapport :: La politique immobilière de l'État
La Cour des comptes publie un référé relatif à un premier bilan de la politique immobilière de l'État. Elle formule quatorze recommandations, car selon les auteurs, les finalités de la "politique immobilière de l’Etat (PIE) mériteraient d’être mieux définies compte tenu de possibles interférences avec d'autres politiques publiques et de l'absence d'une doctrine d'emploi claire de l'immobilier". Ils demandent aussi une consolidation de la position de France Domaine et un recentrage de ses missions.
En savoir + :: Bilan de la politique immobilière de l'État