Newmark Announces Sale of 487-Unit Student Housing Asset Serving Florida State University

June 28, 2023 10:00 AM

Newmark announces the sale of Seminole Grand, a 487-unit, 1,557-bed student housing asset primarily serving Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Florida.

Newmark Vice Chairman and head of the company’s Student Housing group Ryan Lang, Managing Director Jack Brett and Director Ben Harkrider, in cooperation with Vice Chairman Avery Klann, represented the seller, The Collier Companies (TCC), in the transaction to FPA Multifamily.

“The focus on affordability, rent price point differentiation and scale in one of the strongest Power 5 markets in the country makes for an excellent execution by the FPA team,” said Lang. “Our team was proud to represent TCC in what will be one of the largest single-asset sales, by bed count, of the year.”

Located at 1505 W Tharpe Street, Seminole Grand is a garden-style student housing community situated on 44.71 acres. The property features two-, three- and four-bedroom and bathroom floorplans with unit sizes averaging 1,149 square feet. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, fitness center and yoga studio, soundproof study rooms, multimedia gaming center and an FSU bus stop on-site.

Seminole Grand is located directly adjacent to FSU and within a ten-minute drive of Tallahassee Community College (TCC) and Florida A&M University (FAMU). The property benefits from the surrounding schools’ robust enrollment growth rates and high demand for off-campus living accommodations.

Per the U.S. News & World Report in 2022, FSU was ranked 19th in Top Public Schools in the U.S. and 55th in National Universities. FSU is also a top 30 university in the U.S. by enrollment size with over 44,000 students – 80% of which require off-campus housing.

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