Student Housing and UTSA

[Kim Koster]

I was just up to Abilene recently and was blown away by how many single family homes Abilene Christian University owns around the university and the amounts that they charge students for these. While there are no SFH's as close to campus at UTSA as they are at ACU, is there a market in San Antonio for student housing in SFH's or is the market too saturated with apartments and the distance from campus too great?

[Seth Teel]

@Kim Koster  Many of the smaller homes in the Hills and Dales neighborhood (Outside 1604, just off Babcock) as well as the Oxbow & Babcock Place neighiborhoods (Babcock & Prue Rd) are single family rentals for UTSA students.   That being said, UTSA is still a heavy commuter campus with many students living elsewhere in the city or in multi-unit apartments complexes.  If you want to capture students as tenants, I'd suggest looking around the medical center:  older students, more career-minded and graduate focused.  Typically higher income or stipend and less wear and tear on the property.