New Student Housing Community Proposed in Rockingham County
A new student housing community may be built in Rockingham County depending on (among other things) the outcome of the public hearing of the rezoning of the land that…
Top Property Owners in the City of Harrisonburg
Sorting properties in the City by their owner results in the data outlined above. These are likely some of the most prolific property owners in the City of Harrisonburg…
Winter can be the best time to purchase an investment property
Many of my savvy investor clients wait for the winter months to acquire additional rental properties. Their reasons are pretty logical.... In the Spring/Summer/Fall they…
103 Pheasant Run Townhouses Sold for $10.4 Million
Pheasant Run Townhomes is a college rental community comprised of 143 townhouses. Of those 143 townhouses, 103 are corporately owned and 40 are privately owned. The…
$81,000,000 Sale of Three Student Housing Communities
Click here for a larger version of the map above. Three college housing communities in Harrisonburg, VA sold in May 2015 for over $81,000,000 to a Chicago-based company…
JMU Enrollment projected to surpass 20K in 2017
Based on enrollment projections approved by the State Council of High Education for Virginia and published by JMU, on campus enrollment is set to continue to increase in…
Hotel Madison, 60 Acre JMU Land Purchase, Low Mortgage Interest Rates and other top articles from June 2014
Will Hotel Madison Ever Be Built? JMU to purchase 60 acres of land previously intended to be privately developed as student housing? Are low interest rates (several years…
JMU to purchase 60 acres of land previously intended to be privately developed as student housing?
It would seem that JMU will be buying this 60 acre parcel on South Main Street that was originally intended to be privately developed as student housing. Per the Daily…
Top 13 Stories of 2013
Thanks for reading HarrisonburgHousingToday.com in 2013, and for your many thoughts, ideas, questions and comments -- both online and offline. To give you a glimpse into…
National Commentary on Harrisonburg Student Housing Market
Click the images below to read two recent national news articles about student housing that provide commentary on Harrisonburg related to the recent sale of University…
New JMU student housing on West Grace Street
Photo Source: Moseley Architects I'm not sure if we call this on campus or off campus housing, but JMU is building a new residence hall on West Grace Street that will…
University Fields (1,152 bed student housing community in Harrisonburg, VA) purchased by NY investment firm for $19MM
An auction was scheduled for University Fields back in September -- and now we know who purchased the property. Vesper Holdings, a real estate investment firm in New York…