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Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
Projected Opening: August 2017
Cost: $40 million

Capstone Wins Multiple Awards
Capstone Development Partners, LLC, a development company based in
Birmingham, Alabama, has received three Student Housing Business
Innovator awards. In April 2016, they received awards in the following
three categories: Best Public/Private Partnership Development, Best New
Development, and Most Creative Public/Private Financing.

Boise State is building an honors/firstyear residence hall which will be about
236,000 square feet. The hall will be split
between first-year housing (351 beds)
and honors housing for upper-division
students (305 beds). It will be five stories
and will contain three classrooms, a
dining facility, and two courtyards. Upperdivision students will have full kitchens
in their suites, and first-year students will
have partial kitchens.
University of Massachusetts Boston

Boston, Massachusetts
Projected Opening: September 2018
Cost: $120 million
The University of Massachusetts
Boston campus on Columbia Point has
traditionally been a commuter campus, so
this will be the first on-campus housing
built here. The residence will house about
1,000 students in two buildings which will
total almost 260,000 square feet.

University Loft Is New
Sponsor for Racing
Team
University Loft Company, a furniture
manufacturer in Indianapolis,
Indiana, is the newest sponsor of
the Jonathan Byrd's Racing team.
According to a press release, the
sponsorship will be promoted across
several platforms within the racing
program including Conor Daly's
IndyCar and Bryan Clauson's Indy
500 entry, his United States Auto
Club Silver Crown car, and his midget
racecar.

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Southeastern University Names Business
College After University Loft's Jannetides
In May it was announced that the business college at Southeastern
University in Lakeland, Florida, has been named the Jannetides College
of Business & Entrepreneurial Leadership after James Jannetides, the
CEO of University Loft Company. The college is unique in that it will
house classes, dining, and residential space all under the same roof in
the 120,000-square-foot facility. In a press release, Jannetides expressed
gratitude that his gift to the university's Fuel the Fire Campaign would
make such an impact on the campus. He was quoted as saying "I am
humbled to be a small part of this university's vision. It is my privilege
to support Southeastern University as they grow to meet the future." For
more information, visit http://www.uloft.com/.

University Sleep Products Renews Contract
With E&I Cooperative Services
University Sleep Products, Inc., a mattress manufacturer based in Elgin,
Illinois, announced in April that it has renewed its contract with E&I
Cooperative Services, a cooperative purchasing entity that aids higher
education institutions in purchasing goods and services. For more
information, go to http://universitysleep.com/.
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