DLA Piper represented Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC in connection with its proposed US$1.9 billion acquisition of Campus Crest Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCG). On October 16, 2015, certain affiliates of Harrison Street entered into a definitive merger agreement with Campus Crest pursuant to which, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions, Harrison Street will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Campus Crest. The transaction is currently anticipated to close during the first quarter of 2016.

The DLA Piper team representing Harrison Street was led by Jesse Criz (Chicago), Christopher Giordano and Jon Venick (both New York), and included David Sickle, Ross Green, Adam Berkoff, John Cusack, James Phipps, Allen Ashley, Benjamin Briggs, Matthew Wheeler, Jeffrey Zanchelli, Rebecca Lock (all Chicago), Eric Falkenberry, Paolo Morante, Erin D’Angelo, Alexandra Mackey, Jacqueline Price (all New York), Rita Patel, Sanjay Shirodkar (both Washington, DC), William Bartow (Philadelphia) and Melissa Gaul (Montreal).

Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC is a real estate private equity firm founded in 2005 by real estate veteran Christopher Merrill, Chris Galvin (former Chairman & CEO of Motorola) & Mike Galvin (former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department for Export Administration) that directly and through its affiliates, has approximately $8 billion in assets under management (AUM) through commingled funds and public securities products. The commingled funds focus exclusively on the Education, Healthcare and Storage segments of the US & European real estate markets. Since inception, the Firm has acquired or developed over $10 billion of real estate throughout 480 properties in 40 states including over 63,000 student housing beds, more than 14,000 senior housing units, over 5.9 million square feet of medical office space, and more than 92,000 self-storage units. For more information please visit www.harrisonst.com.