CoStar Acquires Online Student Housing Marketplace

Commercial real estate data giant CoStar Group is expanding its network of multifamily listing websites with a new acquisition.

The D.C.-based company announced Thursday it acquired Off Campus Partners, an online marketplace for student housing. It did not disclose the acquisition price.

Off Campus Partners, founded by a University of Virginia student in 2000, provides an online listing service for students, faculty and staff to find off-campus housing. It has contracts with 132 universities and services over 2 million students.