Academic Working Relationships
GMH collaborates with universities through innovative public-private partnerships that allow institutions to prioritize academics and student success while we manage the complexities of housing development. Our partnership model helps universities enhance their campus infrastructure without compromising their balance sheets or diverting resources from their educational mission. By leveraging private capital and development expertise, GMH delivers customized student housing solutions that elevate the campus experience and support long-term institutional goals.
40+ Year Industry Experience
“We are delighted that ANOVA Aggie Square is available to our medical students, visiting students and scholars as a new housing option located just steps away from our classrooms, UC Davis Medical Center, UC Davis Children’s Hospital and other prominent training sites. This opportunity to live and learn in the Aggie Square innovation district – a hub for public-private partnerships, multidisciplinary research and leading-edge education opportunities – is truly exciting,”
-Susan Murin
Dean
Financial Structure
Our innovative financial structure integrates expert financial management services, strategic risk transfer, and developer-held ownership to drive long-term affordability through collaborative partnerships with universities.
- Financial Management Services
- Driving Affordability for Students
- Developer-Held Ownership Stake
- Transfer of Risk
- Collaboration with Universities
- Performance-Based Returns
P3 University Partnerships Development Process
This process illustrates our collaborative, mission-aligned approach to delivering long-term value and high-quality campus solutions through public-private partnerships.
Discovery & Alignment
The foundational phase where we collaborate with university partners to understand their unique goals, challenges, and campus vision to ensure strategic alignment from the start.
Strategy & Ideation
We generate innovative concepts and strategic frameworks that align with university objectives and set the foundation for successful partnership opportunities.
Feasibility & Analysis
We leverage in-depth analysis and data-driven insights to evaluate project viability, optimize financial models, and inform strategic decision-making.
Custom Solution Development
We craft tailored solutions that address each university’s specific financial, operational, and programmatic needs, ensuring the project aligns with institutional goals and delivers lasting value.
Implementation & Engagement
We bring plans to life through coordinated execution, active stakeholder engagement, and seamless integration with campus operations to ensure a successful launch and long-term impact.
Long-Term Collaboration
Represents our commitment to ongoing partnership, where we continuously support the university’s evolving needs through active engagement, transparent communication, and shared stewardship of the project.
Case Studies
Explore examples that highlight our proven track record of delivering innovative, financially sustainable university partnerships tailored to each campus’s unique goals.
Providence, RI
- River House was the inaugural GMH Innovative offering serving Brown University and the Providence Innovation District.
- This project benefited from the full faith of the Providence innovation ecosystem as evidenced by the participation of institutional partners such as Brown, URI, and the RIC Nursing Education Center in the design, development, operation, and, ultimately, the exit of this investment to Brown University.
- These invaluable partnerships allow GMH and Wexford to align themselves with some of the most prestigious, high credit partners in the education and medical industries, thereby enhancing the Innovative brand, creating pipeline, and offering downside protection in some of the most competitive real estate markets in the country.
Phoenix, AZ
- Modern, flexible urban living: A 22‑story tower in downtown Phoenix offering studio through four‑bedroom residences, including fully furnished apartments and innovative co‑living units leased by the bed—with private bedrooms and bathrooms—designed for students, young professionals, and ASU affiliates.
- Strategically positioned steps from ASU’s downtown campus and Central Station light rail/bus hub, within a mixed-use development featuring 30k ft²retail/restaurant space and seamless access to the Pulse district’s cultural, dining, and entertainment venues
Philidelphia, PA
- ANOVA uCity Square is the flagship community in GMH’s Innovative Portfolio. Situated on Drexel University land in the heart of Wexford’s uCity Square Knowledge Community, this project exists at the intersection of world-class universities, research institutions, academic medical centers and dynamic neighborhoods.
- uCity Square: Over 8 million SF planned (4.4m SFdelivered/construction)
- 200+ companies
- 15,000+ employees
- Wexford: 8 properties
- The rapid lease up and sale of ANOVA uCity Square inthe summer of 2022 testifies to the desirability andproof of concept of this product type.
Sacramento, CA
- ANOVA Aggie Square is GMH and Wexford’s latest knowledge community under construction in Sacramento, California – home to the University of California Davis Medical Center.
- UCD has committed to master leasing 49 out of 190 residential units from GMH, underscoring again the enthusiasm of elite school systems electing to align themselves with GMH and Wexford and their concomitant operational expertise and deep industry knowledge and relationships.
- ANOVA Aggie Square is currently projected to deliver in summer of 2025 under budget and ahead of schedule.
