Learning as a lifestyle

摘要

One of the biggest trends for American Campus Communities, a leading student-housing development and property management real estate investment trust, has been "the amount of academic space we're putting into our common amenities" in the last two development cycles. That's what Bill Bayless, ACC's CEO, told the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts' annual convention in Las Vegas last November. These live-learn environs include individual study rooms and group working and meeting rooms, said Bayless. Technology, especially reliable and fast Internet access, is essential. "It's about creating communities that are conducive to academic achievement," he stated.