Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort
Scottsdale, AZ
Join us for the Annual NMHC Student Housing Conference, taking place October 20 - 22, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.
This is the premier event for Student Housing professionals bringing together leaders from all facets of the sector including owners, operators, investors, lenders, and university partners.
The conference features the industry's best and brightest minds, all at one event, delivering the knowledge, tools, programs and connections necessary for leaders to shape their future success and the future of our industry.
Open to NMHC members and non-members, this is a must-attend event whether you are an industry veteran, new to the sector, or seek exposure and access to industry decision makers.
NMHC’s Student Housing Council is the leading advocate for the privately-owned student housing sector encompassing off-campus student housing and on-campus public-private partnerships.
Featured Speaker
John Sitilides
Principal
Trilogy Advisors LLC
View Bio
Conference Registration
You must first register for the meeting in order to make a hotel reservation request. NMHC’s Student Housing Conference is open to NMHC members and non-members. Conference attendance fees or waivers do not include hotel room charges.
The registration policy is as follows:
| Member/Sponsor Type | Comp Registrations | Additional Paid Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Committee Members | 3 | $995 until Sept. 19; $1,195 after Sept. 19 |
| Board of Directors Members | 1 | $995 until Sept. 19; $1,195 after Sept. 19 |
| Advisory Committee Members | 0 | $995 until Sept. 19; $1,195 after Sept. 19 |
| 2025 Chair’s Circle Sponsors | 8 additional registrations | |
| 2025 Friends of the Council Sponsors | 5 additional registrations | |
| 2025 Platinum Conference Sponsors | 3 additional registrations | |
| 2025 Gold Conference Sponsors | 2 additional registrations | |
| 2025 Silver Conference Sponsors | 1 additional registration | |
| 2025 DEI Founder Sponsors | 4 additional registrations | |
| 2025 DEI Investor Sponsors | 2 additional registrations | |
| 2025 DEI Supporter Sponsors | 1 additional registration | |
| Meeting Kiosks | 2 additional registrations | |
| Non-members | 0 | $1,495 until Sept. 19; $1695 after Sept. 19 |
Member, sponsor, and kiosk registration is contingent upon dues being current. NMHC reserves the right to close meeting registration should interest exceed availability.
Meeting Registration Cancellation Policy
Meeting registration cancellations must be emailed to membership@nmhc.org. Written requests for meeting cancellation refunds received prior to ten (10) business days before the start of the meeting are entitled to a full refund, minus a processing fee of $250. No meeting cancellation refunds will be granted after Friday, October 3, 2025.
Questions?
- Registration: Membership at membership@nmhc.org
- All Other Questions: NMHC office at 202-974-2300
Preliminary Agenda At-A-Glance
October 20-22, 2025 | Hyatt Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ
Download a PDF of the Agenda
Note: Updated as of 7/31/2025. The agenda is subject to change. Check back periodically for updates. Please be aware that photos may be taken at the meeting and posted online.
Monday, Oct. 20
| 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Health Room |
| 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. | Student Housing C-Suite Executive Conversation with NMHC (Invite Only) |
| 1:00 - 6:30 p.m. | The Hub |
| 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. | General Sessions |
| 2:00 - 2:15 p.m. | Welcome & Introductions |
| 2:15 - 3:05 p.m. | The 2025 Market Outlook – Signals for Institutional Investors As we reach the last quarter of 2025, institutional investors are navigating a complex and shifting economic environment. This opening session offers a high-level briefing on the state of the U.S. economy and financial markets, with a focus on the indicators most relevant to student housing providers. From interest rate trajectories, inflation trends, enrollment, university investment outlook and investor risk tolerance, this session will examine the macro forces shaping investment strategy today. |
| 3:05 - 4:00 p.m. | Executive Outlook: Student Housing Strategy in a Shifting Market Following the broader economic and capital markets outlook, this panel brings together senior leaders from across the student housing ecosystem to share their views on how macro trends are playing out on the ground. Drawing on their experience across development, operations, and investment, panelists will discuss how they are interpreting current market signals and positioning their platforms for success. |
| 4:00 - 4:15 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 4:15 - 5:00 p.m. | Keynote Presentation: Geopolitics, Risk, and the Global Investment Landscape Featuring John Sitilides – Principal, Trilogy Advisors LLC; National Security Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute In a world increasingly defined by geopolitical uncertainty, institutional investors and business leaders must understand how global events shape market dynamics. In this keynote, geopolitical risk expert John Sitilides will deliver timely insights into the international security policies and power shifts influencing capital markets, supply chains, and investment strategies worldwide. Drawing on his experience advising government and financial audiences, Sitilides will explore how developments between the U.S. and its contemporaries across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East are reshaping risk—and what it means for long-term business and investment planning. |
| 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Opening Reception in The Hub |
Tuesday, Oct. 21
| 8:15 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 8:15 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Health Room |
| 8:30 - 9:45 a.m. | Breakfast Social in the Hub |
| 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | The Hub |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast Briefing & View from Washington NMHC staff, along with industry experts, provide a satellite view of the constantly shifting regulatory and legislative landscape. |
| 9:45 a.m. - Noon | Morning General Session |
| 9:45 - 10:30 a.m. | Investor Sentiment Check: What’s Driving Confidence in Student Housing? With shifting capital markets, evolving demographics, and rising costs across real estate sectors, student housing continues to attract strong investor interest. But what’s fueling this confidence—and where are investors seeing both resilience and risk? This session brings together a cross-section of active investors for a candid discussion on market sentiment, return expectations, and strategic shifts in today’s environment. Join us to learn the “why” behind student housing’s appeal and hear directly from capital providers about the key indicators they’re watching in 2025 and beyond. |
| 10:30 - 11:15 a.m. | NMHC Impact Analysis: Current landscape for International Students & U.S. Campuses International student enrollment has long been a key driver of demand in the student housing sector, particularly at the graduate level. Yet today, shifting immigration policy, rising geopolitical tensions, and constrained university budgets are introducing new uncertainty into that equation. Building on insights from NMHC’s recent research report, Impact of International Students on U.S. Campuses: Current Landscape and Market Outlook, this session will explore how these global and institutional dynamics are reshaping market assumptions, as student housing leaders examine the evolving risks and long-term demand indicators that will define future investment and development strategies. |
| 11:15 - 11:30 a.m. | RETTC PolicyStack Update |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Smarter Strategies: Harnessing AI and Analytics to Drive Performance in Student Housing As artificial intelligence moves from concept to capability, student housing owners, operators, and technology providers are working together to unlock its potential across the asset lifecycle. From predictive analytics and leasing optimization to underwriting and investor reporting, AI-powered tools are beginning to reshape how decisions are made, and value is created. This session will explore how solutions are scaling within the student housing sector, how companies are deploying them in real-world environments, and what challenges—around data quality, integration, and user adoption—must be addressed to turn promise into performance. |
| 12:00 - 1:45 p.m. | Lunch Social |
| 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. | Collective Luncheon |
| 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Afternoon General Session |
| 2:00 - 2:45 p.m. | Tariffs, Technology, and the New Landscape of Construction Inflation, labor shortages, and shifting trade policies continue to pressure development costs and timelines, presenting student housing developers with a more constrained and unpredictable construction environment. This session will explore how industry leaders are troubleshooting these challenges in real time—balancing feasibility concerns with delivery demands, adapting procurement strategies, and selectively adopting technologies such as modular construction and AI-driven design. |
| 2:45 - 3:30 p.m. | Capital Stack Check: Navigating Debt, Equity, and Risk in Today’s Market In today’s fluctuating capital environment, structuring the right capital stack has become a defining challenge for student housing developers, owners, and investors. Interest rate volatility, tighter lending conditions, and shifting return expectations are forcing stakeholders to rethink how projects are financed—from senior debt and preferred equity to JV partnerships and institutional coinvestment. This session brings together capital markets experts, lenders, and equity providers for a high-level discussion on how deals are getting done in 2025. |
| 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. | Networking Break |
| 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. | Affordability Meets Viability: Tackling Development Cost Challenges in Student Housing Affordability pressures impact the student housing landscape as well as conventional assets. While developers have long adapted to shifting renter profiles and evolving market geographies, today’s environment—characterized by elevated construction costs, tightening capital markets, and demographic headwinds—demands a more intentional recalibration of unit economics and investment strategy. This session will explore how leading developers and capital partners are responding to these pressures, balancing feasibility with access, and innovating to sustain long-term sector performance. |
| 4:30 - 5:00 p.m. | NMHC Impact Analysis: 2025 Student Housing Income & Expense Trends Now in its 15th edition, NMHC’s 2025 Student Housing Income & Expense Benchmarking Survey provides the industry’s most robust view of operating performance across student housing assets. In this session, you'll get an early look at key findings ahead of the survey’s release—including national trends, regional variations, and critical expense and revenue benchmarks. |
| 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Reception |
Wednesday, Oct. 22
| 8:15 - 10:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:15 - 10:00 a.m. | Health Room |
| 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. | Property Tour of UH Tempe (Optional) |
Hotel & Travel
7500 East Doubletree Ranch Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
480-444-1234
Hotel Reservations
In order to make a hotel reservation request in the group block you must be a registered attendee.
Check your registration confirmation email for the link to request a room reservation. Please have your meeting registration confirmation code ready when you go to request your reservation. You will be asked to put your unique registration confirmation code on the reservation form. Your confirmation code can be found in your meeting registration confirmation email.
The NMHC discounted nightly room rate is $399 single/double occupancy per night (plus $30/night resort fee and applicable taxes). The deadline to request a room online within the NMHC block is 5 p.m ET on Friday, September 12. Please note that there is a possibility the block will sell out prior to the deadline, rooms are first come, first serve.
Resort Fee: $30 plus taxes, per night. Includes property-wide high-speed Wi-Fi throughout the resort (public spaces, in-room and convention space), local and toll-free calls, airline boarding pass printing, notary service, and access to the 24-hour fitness center.
Pre-authorization hold: In addition to the nightly rate/taxes/resort fee, the hotel requires a pre-authorization hold of $200 for each night of your stay in a regular room. This authorization hold will be charged to the card presented at check in.
Triple and Quad Occupancy: If there's 3 people on your reservation, a charge of $25 per night will be added.
Important Information on the Hotel Request Process
- Upon registering for the meeting, you will receive a meeting registration confirmation email which contains the meeting registration confirmation number required to submit your reservation request. Individuals must be registered for the meeting before making a hotel reservation request. Failure to do so will result in your request being cancelled.
- Hotel reservation requests will be acknowledged via email within 24 hours and confirmed within 10 business days by a separate email.
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All hotel reservations will require an advance deposit equal to two nights’ rate plus taxes. Please CLICK HERE if you have been charged the deposit and wish to request a receipt. Please allow the hotel 24-72 hours to send the receipt to you. If you do not receive it after that time, please email info@sreconference.com.
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Canceling your meeting registration will require you to cancel your hotel room reservation. All hotel cancellation requests must be emailed to info@sreconference.com.
- NMHC uses a centralized hotel reservation company (Staged Right Events) to manage hotel reservations for all of our attendees at the NMHC Student Housing Conference. Please contact them at 954-404-8252 Monday to Friday, 9AM – 5PM ET or info@sreconference.com.
Full Reservation Cancellations
Reservations can be fully cancelled without penalty on or before September 12, 2025. Any full reservation cancellations requested after September 12, 2025, will forfeit the advance deposit equal to two nights' room rate and tax. Once your request is cancelled, you will receive a cancellation confirmation email. All hotel cancellation requests must be emailed to info@sreconference.com or you can reply to your confirmation email.
Reservation Changes
- Name changes to reservations must be requested via email to info@sreconference.com at least 7 days prior to arrival. You will receive an updated confirmation with your change once the reservation is updated.
- Any reservation date changes must be emailed to info@sreconference.com at least 72 hours prior to your confirmed arrival date to avoid penalties. Any changes to your arrival and departure date are subject to availability at the time of your change request. Otherwise, additional room and tax penalties will apply and will be charged to the card on file. It is recommended to request additional nights prior to September 6 to guarantee group rate. You will receive an updated confirmation with your change once the reservation is updated.
No Shows: Guests that do not check in on their confirmed arrival date will be classified as a no show, and their reservation will NOT be able to be reinstated. No-shows may be charged additional penalties and if there is no prior notification of a date change at least 72 hours prior to arrival.
Hotel Wait List Instructions
We expect the hotel block to sell out. Once reservations are sold out, a link for the wait list will be provided. For more information or questions please contact Staged Right Events at 954-404-8252 Monday to Friday, 9AM – 5PM ET or info@sreconference.com. They are able to provide assistance with identifying other hotels in the area if needed.
Beware of Sleeping Room Wholesalers
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Don't get lured in. Sleeping room wholesalers have contacted attendees offering great deals on hotels for the NMHC Student Housing Conference. While it is not illegal for a travel firm or booking agent to solicit potential customers, it can be difficult to determine the legitimacy of offers from these organizations. Those who opt for alternatives to the NMHC negotiated rates may find themselves at risk. NMHC reminds its attendees that we have no affiliation with any of these room brokers.
Ground Transportation
The Grand Hyatt Scottsdale is approximately 18 miles from (PHX) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. For those of you arriving by air, you have the following alternatives for ground transportation:
- Renting a car (Cost varies by car rental company)
- Taxi (Cost estimated at $55* USD/One Way)
- Uber (Cost estimated at $35-40* USD/One Way)
- Lyft (Cost estimated at $24-29* USD/One Way)
Parking:
- Self-Parking: $30.00 per day (Plus tax and subject to change without notice).
- Valet Parking: $20.00 daily parking & $38.00 overnight.
Questions?
- Hotel Information:
Staged Right Events at 954-404-8252
Monday to Friday, 9AM – 5PM ET
info@sreconference.com - Registration: Membership at membership@nmhc.org
- Demo Kiosks and Sponsorships: Melissa Rowan at sponsorships@nmhc.org
- All Other Questions: NMHC office at 202-974-2300