September 2, 2025

How Students Can Graduate into Long-Term Residents - insight from Christine Gustafson, Breeden's Vice President, Marketing & PR

Marketing conventional apartments to your existing student base is a potential win-win for operator and renter. But the strategy isn’t limited to the post-college transition. Consider extending the concept. If you’ve successfully moved your students to conventional apartments, they may very well be candidates for your BTR properties, condominiums and, someday, 55-plus communities. Breeden's Vice President, Marketing & Public Relations, Christine Gustafson, provides insight. "...the easiest thing you can do is start connecting the dots between your properties. It should be holistic, it should be overarching, and you should be connecting the dots to retain your current loyal base.”

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About The Breeden Company

Nationally recognized, with over 60 years of expertise in every facet of the industry, The Breeden Company is a vertically integrated real estate development organization that boasts market-leading divisions including commercial real estate, multifamily property management and construction. With a portfolio of over 20,000 apartments and 2 million square feet of retail and office space that have been owned, managed and developed, The Breeden Company is one of the premier real estate development firms in the nation. Breeden Realty is one of the top commercial real estate firms in Virginia (Virginia Business, 2021); Breeden Property Management is one of the top multifamily property management firms in the country (Multi-Housing News, 2021); Breeden Construction, the much-acclaimed multifamily general contractor for numerous third-party clients, is one of the top multifamily builders in the country (Multi-Housing News, 2020).
Media Contact
Christine Gustafson
Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations
Email
(757) 486-1000
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