Universities & School Districts
Institutional
We specialize in helping the education industry use, develop, and monetize its real estate — turning land and aging facilities into assets that advance the institutional mission.
For three decades, Centurion's principals have partnered with universities, community colleges, and school districts nationwide — delivering student housing, campus hotels, academic buildings, and district-wide programs. Structured as public-private partnerships, our projects transfer risk, preserve institutional capital and debt capacity, and arrive on time and on budget.
What We Deliver
Student & Faculty Housing
On- and near-campus housing delivered without drawing down institutional debt capacity.
Campus Mixed-Use Villages
Retail, office, and residential districts that knit the campus edge into the surrounding community.
Hotels & Conference Centers
Flagship hospitality and event venues — from NC State to George Mason — that anchor alumni and academic life.
Academic, K-12 & Early Education
New campuses and classroom facilities for universities, school districts, charters, and preschools.
Site Assembly & Acquisition
District-scale land programs — including a 131-site assembly for the nation's second-largest school district.
P3 Structuring & Monetization
Ground leases, tax-advantaged structures, and venture models that turn underused land into recurring value.
Two Constituencies, One Discipline
Universities & Colleges
Higher-ed institutions sit on some of the most valuable — and most constrained — real estate in their markets. We help them monetize it: ground-leasing underused land and developing student housing, conference hotels, alumni centers, and campus gateways through ventures that keep the asset on mission and off the institutional balance sheet.
Arizona State, NC State, George Mason, the University of Mary Washington, Florida International, and Rutgers — each won through competitive procurement and delivered as co-principals, not vendors.
School Districts & K-12
From a single campus to a district-wide program, we manage acquisition, financing, and delivery end to end. For the Los Angeles Unified School District, our principals authored and ran a five-year, $950M effort that assembled 131 construction sites and developed four campuses directly.
We've delivered charter networks, regional high schools, and early-education campuses — KIPP, the Leona Group, Natomas, and more — privately financed and built to schedule.
Education entities we've done business with
The Education Index
Beyond the projects above, a deeper record of education engagements — universities and community colleges, charter networks, school districts, and early-education campuses.
Higher Education
× 10Hotels, conference centers, student housing, and campus mixed-use across the country's flagship public universities and community college systems.
Arizona State University Gateway
Phoenix, AZA mixed-use gateway development for Arizona State University's downtown campus.
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach, FLA campus development project for Daytona State College.
Florida International University — Hotel, Conference Center & Alumni Center
Miami, FLA hotel, conference center, and alumni center awarded for the Florida International University campus.
Miami Dade College
Miami, FLA development project for Miami Dade College.
Ottawa University
Phoenix, AZA campus development project for Ottawa University.
Radford University
Radford, VAA campus development project for Radford University in Virginia.
Rutgers University Hotel
New Brunswick, NJA university-adjacent hotel and conference center for Rutgers University.
UNC Wilmington Hotel
Wilmington, NCA hotel development for the University of North Carolina Wilmington.
University of West Florida
Pensacola, FLA development project for the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
UNLV Hotel & Conference Center
Las Vegas, NVA hotel and conference center development for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
K-12 & Charter Education
× 17School campuses, charter network rollouts, and early childhood facilities for districts, charter networks, and education management organizations.
Desert Heights Phoenix Campus
Phoenix, AZA charter school campus development in Phoenix.
Fletcher Heights Peoria Campus
Peoria, AZA charter school campus development in Peoria, Arizona.
KIPP Charter School — Delaware
DelawareA KIPP charter school campus development in Delaware.
KIPP Charter School — New Jersey
New JerseyA KIPP charter school campus development in New Jersey.
KIPP Downtown DC
Washington, D.C.A KIPP charter school facility in downtown Washington, D.C.
KIPP Southeast DC
Washington, D.C.A KIPP charter school facility in Southeast Washington, D.C.
Leona Group School Campuses — Detroit
Detroit, MICharter school campus development for the Leona Group in Detroit.
Leona Group School Campuses — Phoenix
Phoenix, AZCharter school campus development for the Leona Group in Phoenix.
Maurice Sendak Elementary School
Los Angeles, CAAn elementary school campus developed as part of the LAUSD district-wide program.
Panorama City Elementary School
Los Angeles, CAAn elementary school campus developed as part of the LAUSD district-wide program.
Portsmouth City School Board
Portsmouth, VAA school development project for the Portsmouth City School Board in Virginia.
Rosa Parks Learning Center
Los Angeles, CAA learning center campus developed as part of the LAUSD district-wide program.
Sara Coughlin Elementary School
Los Angeles, CAAn elementary school campus developed as part of the LAUSD district-wide program.
Southeast Academy DC
Washington, D.C.An academy school development in Southeast Washington, D.C.
Sunrise Preschools
Greater Phoenix Area, AZDevelopment and management of a 31-campus preschool network across the greater Phoenix area.
Tracy Education Consortium
Tracy, CAA school development project for the Tracy Education Consortium in California.
Washington DC Child Development Center
Washington, D.C.An early childhood development center in Washington, D.C.
Underused campus real estate is an opportunity.
If your institution is weighing how to house students, fund a facility, or unlock the value of land it already owns, we should talk.
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