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Global Education Communities Corp. to Participate in Student Housing & University Real Estate Initiative "SHURE" Conference
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 19, 2024 / Global Education Communities Corp. (" GECC " or th...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Global Education Communities Corp. to Participate in Student Housing & University Real Estate Initiative \"SHURE\" ConferenceVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / March 19, 2024 / Global Education Communities Corp. (\"GECC\" or the \"Company\") (TSX:GEC),(OTCQX International:GECSF) is pleased to announce that the Company's Chairman and CEO, Toby Chu, will be presenting at CAPRE's North American Investment for Student Housing & University Real Estate (\"SHURE\") Conference on March 26 and 27, 2024 at the Simon Fraser University Burnaby Campus.SHURE hosts discussions and networking opportunities for professionals and executives instrumental to Canada's student accommodation market and expects over 225 participating firms and their executives to attend.Event DetailsTitle: STUDENT HOUSING & UNIVERSITY REAL ESTATE INITIATIVEDates: March 26th and 27th, 2024Venue: Simon Fraser University BurnabyEvent website: SHURE: Vancouver & Western Canada | SHURE InitiativeEvent agenda: 2024 March SHURE CONFERENCE AGENDAEvent registration page: Register For SHURE: Vancouver & Western Canada | SHURE InitiativeMr. Chu will share his 30+ years of experience in the international education sector and the past ten years in developing and becoming the largest off-campus student housing provider in Western Canada.Mr. Chu will participate in two sessions on March 27, 2024.Session 1 as a panellist member from 10.30 - 11.30 am titled: Investors' Perspective of Secondary Growth Market Opportunities: How Innovative Players are Approaching Non-Core and Tertiary Markets with Higher Cap RatesSession 2 as a presenter from 12.45 to 1.15 pm in the REX TALK program, discussing the myths and facts about the latest international student trends and exploring the differences in on-campus housing vs. off-campus, highlights his public-private partnerships experience, and exploring various investment opportunities in Canada's student rental market during his past ten years of pioneering the uncharted territory of off-campus student housing throughout Metro Vancouver.He will also highlight some of the benefits when comparing the student rental market to the traditional market rental investments in today's environment dealing with the rent control imposed by the government, increased interest rates, inflation, and the slowdown of the rental development pipeline causing ...