AUSTIN, Texas — Jan. 19, 2026 — LV Collective, a national multifamily and student-oriented real estate owner and operator, and Harrison Street Asset Management, one of the world’s leading alternative investment management firms, announce an expansion of their operational portfolio by over 1,700 beds through the acquisition of two student housing properties.
The acquisitions are located minutes from leading four-year public universities in the Midwest and on the East Coast.
“These acquisitions through strategic relationships with partners such as Harrison Street Asset Management highlight our strong momentum in sourcing top-tier opportunities in premium student markets,” said executive vice president of acquisitions at LV Collective, Christopher Kott. “Each property is a standout example of the LV product type, combining exceptional location with the experience today’s students expect. We’re not simply building new communities; we’re operating them and broadening a strong, resident-focused platform.”
While preserving each building’s core features, LV Collective plans to modernize the student housing experience to meet the needs of today’s students through thoughtful design, curated amenities, and a hospitality-driven experience.
This two-property acquisition reflects LV Collective and Harrison Street Asset Management’s strategy of investing in amenity-rich, purpose-built student housing near leading public universities. The partnership targets opportunities supported by durable enrollment trends and embedded housing demand. Leveraging Harrison Street Asset Management’s sector expertise and LV Collective’s operating platform, the team prioritizes assets that they feel are paramount to students and their surrounding communities, and enhances them through thoughtful design, curated amenities, and a hospitality-driven experience.
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About LV Collective
LV Collective is an Austin, Texas-based real estate investment firm focused on acquiring, developing, and managing high-quality real estate in superior locations throughout the United States. Since its founding in 2012, LV Collective has expanded the business to include student housing and multifamily assets in excess of $6 billion. For more information, visit: https://lvcollective.com/about. For renderings, logos, headshots, and additional media assets, visit: https://lvcollective.canto.com/.
About Harrison Street
Harrison Street is one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real estate assets. Since inception in 2005, the Firm has created a series of differentiated investment solutions focused on demographic-driven, needs-based assets. The Firm has invested across senior housing, student housing, build-to-rent, healthcare delivery, life sciences and storage real estate, as well as social, utility and digital infrastructure. Headquartered in Chicago and London, with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia, the Firm has more than 290 employees and approximately US $56 billion in assets under management on behalf of institutional investors across the globe. Harrison Street was awarded Best Places to Work by Pensions & Investments for nine years (2014-2020, 2022, 2023) and since 2019 has won 15 awards from PERE, including three for the 2023 Awards: Alternatives Investor of the Year – Global, Data Centers Investor of the Year – North America, the ESG Firm of the Year – North America. Harrison Street did not pay any compensation in exchange for the aforementioned awards. For more information, please visit www.harrisonst.com. Assets under management (“AUM”) reflects AUM for the Firm’s investment advisory and asset management clients.