2008 NAA Student Housing Conference: February 19-20: Fairmont Dallas Hotel: Dallas, Texas.(Conference notes)

Units, April, 2008

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Hundreds Attend NAA's First Student Housing Conference

More than 500 apartment industry professionals at NAA's first annual Student Housing Conference at the Fairmont Dallas Hotel were schooled Feb. 19-20 in essential development, operations and management issues affecting this fastest growing niche market in the apartment industry.

As an increasing number of colleges and universities are opting-out of providing students on-campus housing solutions, many are deferring to NAA members to provide this much needed service to Generation Y students.

General Session speaker Cam Marston, COO of Marston Communications, opened the conference with an insightful introduction to generational differences among Matures,...