Boston's Brewing Battle for Student Housing
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"Bluestone, who issues an annual housing report card for Greater Boston, says the city needs a “multi-university graduate village’’ to house upwards of 1,200 graduate students. Graduate student housing is a rare commodity across metropolitan Boston, despite the presence of about 95,000 grad students. Given such demand, construction loans for such housing should be easier to secure than financing for commercial office space.
“A graduate facility built by a private company should do well,’’ said Peter Cusato, who has overseen the construction of 2,000 new dorm beds for undergraduates in recent years at Boston University. “We’d recommend it to our students.’’"
