Coastal Ridge goes back to school with student housing investments

The company is among the fastest-growing buyers of student rental housing nationwide. Florida is a key market.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 12:20 p.m. October 12, 2018
COURTESY PHOTO — The Reef, a 924-bed student housing complex in Fort Myers, offers numerous amenities.
COURTESY PHOTO — The Reef, a 924-bed student housing complex in Fort Myers, offers numerous amenities.
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When Patrick McBride and two college buddies at Miami University of Ohio acquired their first student housing complex several years ago, they had no inkling that their partnership would eventually become among the fastest-growing owners of multifamily student housing rentals nationwide.

 

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