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student housing: Great Article on Temple Student Housing - 10/15/10 10:53 AM
This article from today's Philadelphia Inquirer gives a nice overview of the world of student housing around Temple University - a must read for investors in this area:
New Temple student housing stirs a renaissance west of Broad Street
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student housing: New Mixed-Use Development Near Temple University - 06/07/10 12:30 PM
New York-based developer Jonathan Rose Companies is joining with local non-profit Asociacíon Puertorriqueños en Marcha to develop a 200,000 square foot mixed-use development near the Temple University transit center at 10th & Berks in North Philadelphia. According to this Philadelphia Business Journal article the development will consist of 164 mixed-income apartments, as well as parking, retail space, and a community technology center. The published cost of the project is $48 million, about 1% of which is federal funding with the rest being funded by Jonathan Rose Cos.
Jonathan Rose Cos. has a long track record of successful transit-oriented development (TOD) in … (0 comments)

student housing: The Often Overlooked Roommates Law - 03/29/10 06:51 PM
This New York Times article discusses one of the most commonly broken laws in that city, which also happens to be a very popular law to ignore in Philadelphia. The law in question, in both New York and my fair City of Brotherly Love, says that no more than three unrelated people can live in the same single-family house together (not including boarding homes, group homes, etc.).
This law poses a major problem for many landlords who own large single-family properties, especially those looking to cash-in on Philadelphia's student-housing market where renting out large homes to large groups of students can … (1 comments)

student housing: Price Reduction - Side-by-Side Shells Near Temple - 03/05/10 12:04 PM
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