10-Q/A

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                         to

Commission file number: 001-34872

CAMPUS CREST COMMUNITIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	27-2481988 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2100 Rexford Road, Suite 414, Charlotte, NC (Address of principal executive offices)	28211 (Zip Code)

(704) 496-2500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer x	Accelerated filer ¨	Non-accelerated filer ¨	Smaller reporting company ¨
		(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨ No x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class	Outstanding at July 21, 2015
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share	64,782,007 shares

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Campus Crest Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2015 (“Form 10-Q”), for the sole purpose of submitting Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-Q. Exhibit 101 consists of the Interactive Data Files for the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015.

No other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q. This Amendment No. 1 speaks only as of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to such original filing date and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the Form 10-Q.

PART II

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description of Document
10.1	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2015, by and among Campus Crest Communities, Inc., and the persons listed on Schedule 2.1 (i) thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2015)
10.2	Tax Protection Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2015, by and among Campus Crest Communities, Inc., Campus Crest Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and the other persons set forth on Schedule 2.1(i) thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2015)
10.3*	Separation Agreement, dated November 13, 2014, by and between Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Donald L. Bobbitt, Jr.
10.4*	Separation Agreement, dated February 28, 2015, by and between Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Angel Herrera
10.5*	First Restated Separation Agreement, dated February 17, 2015, by and between Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Ted Rollins
31.1*	Certification of Interim Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*	Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**	Certification of Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101+	The following materials from Campus Crest Communities, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) related notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

_____________________________

*	Previously filed with the Form 10-Q.
**	Previously furnished with the Form 10-Q.
+	Filed herewith.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: July 28, 2015

CAMPUS CREST COMMUNITIES, INC.
By:	/s/ John Makuch
	John Makuch
	Interim Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Description of Document
10.1	Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2015, by and among Campus Crest Communities, Inc., and the persons listed on Schedule 2.1 (i) thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2015)
10.2	Tax Protection Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2015, by and among Campus Crest Communities, Inc., Campus Crest Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. and the other persons set forth on Schedule 2.1(i) thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2015)
10.3*	Separation Agreement, dated November 13, 2014, by and between Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Donald L. Bobbitt, Jr.
10.4*	Separation Agreement, dated February 28, 2015, by and between Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Angel Herrera
10.5*	First Restated Separation Agreement, dated February 17, 2015, by and between Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Ted Rollins
31.1*	Certification of Interim Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*	Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**	Certification of Interim Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101+	The following materials from Campus Crest Communities, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) related notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

_____________________________

*	Previously filed with the Form 10-Q.
**	Previously furnished with the Form 10-Q.
+	Filed herewith.

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Incentive Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Nonvested Share Activity [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the Company’s plan activity for the periods shown (in thousands, except weighted average grant price):

	Restricted Stock		Weighted Average Grant Price
Unvested shares at beginning of period (carry-forward)		288	$	11.28
Granted		112		7.68
Vested		(94)		7.56
Forfeited		(134)		7.79
Unvested shares at March 31, 2015		172		7.71

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Business Acquisitions (Details 1)	Jan. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Assets acquired:
Land	$ 41,309
Buildings	504,960
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	19,192
Intangibles	29,692
Other assets, including cash of $5,074	7,882
Total assets acquired	603,035
Liabilities assumed:
Mortgage, construction loans and other debt	263,786
Other liabilities	9,378
Total liabilities assumed	273,164
Net assets acquired	$ 329,871

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Student Housing Properties (Details Textual)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Proceeds from Insurance Settlement, Investing Activities	$ 2,500,000	$ 375,000	$ 590,000
Number of Real Estate Properties				28
Insurance Settlements Receivable		4,600,000			$ 5,500,000
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Insurance Block	$ 6,800,000
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Insurance Settlements Receivable		300,000
Amount of Remaining Insurance Settlement		$ 4,300,000

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Fair Value Disclosures (Details 1) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Total Assets	$ 67,565
Total liabilities	(4,500)
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital I [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	212
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital V [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Total liabilities	(4,500)
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital VI [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	6,815
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital X [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	8,073
CSH Montreal LP [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	6,947
Land Parcels and Toledo [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	45,518
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Total Assets	0
Total liabilities	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital I [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital V [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Total liabilities	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital VI [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital X [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | CSH Montreal LP [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Land Parcels and Toledo [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Total Assets	0
Total liabilities	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital I [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital V [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Total liabilities	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital VI [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital X [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | CSH Montreal LP [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Land Parcels and Toledo [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Total Assets	67,565
Total liabilities	(4,500)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital I [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	212
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital V [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	0
Total liabilities	(4,500)
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital VI [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	6,815
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Harrison Street Real Estate Capital X [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	8,073
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | CSH Montreal LP [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	6,947
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Land Parcels and Toledo [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Investments,Fair Value Disclosure	$ 45,518

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Business Acquisitions (Details 2) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Total revenues	$ 48,298	$ 38,422
Net loss	(11,761)	(9,885)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders	$ (10,773)	$ (11,333)

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Incentive Plans (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands, shares in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Incentive Plans [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized	5.3
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant	2.5		2.5
Amortization of restricted stock awards and operating partnership units	$ 1,014
Restricted Stock [Member]
Incentive Plans [Line Items]
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 1,200
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Total Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	1 year 3 months 18 days
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 1,000	$ 700
Amortization of restricted stock awards and operating partnership units		400
Stock Granted, Value, Share-based Compensation, Net of Forfeitures, Total	$ 400	$ 100

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) - Real Estate Properties [Domain] - Variable Interest Entity, Classification [Domain] - Range [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Interest Costs Capitalized		$ 1,900
Real Estate Property, Capitalized Of Indirect Costs		3,300
Business Interruption Insurance Recovery	$ 0	600
Marketing and Advertising Expense	500	400
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation Adjustment, Net of Tax, Total	(651)	(992)
Insurance Settlements Receivable	4,600		$ 5,500
Deferred Finance Costs, Net	$ 12,900		11,700
Revenue Recognition Under Lease Term Description	The Company recognizes revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease contracts which for new tenants is typically 11.5 months for Grove and evo properties and 12 months for Copper Beech properties.
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ 5,500		4,800
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent, Total	9,232	$ (2,986)	177,700
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit), Total	(288,726)		(301,566)
Other Assets	34,150		35,742
Costs for billing of contracts total	51,000		49,300
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member]
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent, Total			174,900
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit), Total			298,800
Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Impairment Of Land And Predevelopment Costs			900
Copper Beech Trademark [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	3,700
Second Copper Beech [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Remainder of Fiscal Year	2,800
Leases, Acquired-in-Place [Member]
Amortization of Intangible Assets	8,700
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	8,700
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	26,000
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	17,300
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Amortization Expense, Remainder of Fiscal Year	$ 20,100
CSH Montreal [Member] | Restatement Adjustment [Member]
Other Assets			$ 1,900
Trs Subsidiary [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	100.00%

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Asset Dispositions and Discontinued Operations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

Below is a summary of the consolidated balance sheet for the construction and development operations as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Cash	$	307	$	1,118
Other assets		587		634
Costs and earnings in excess of construction billings		618		3,887
Total assets		1,512		5,639
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		688		4,711
Construction billings in excess of cost and earnings		-		481
Total liabilities		688		5,192
Total net assets	$	824	$	447

Below is a summary of the results of operations for the construction and development operations for all periods presented (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenue	$	-	$	7,333
Construction and development service expense		(1,157)		(6,394)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(1,157)	$	939

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Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 23, 2008
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Related Party Amount Paid		$ 100,000	$ 100,000
Upfront Payment		100,000
Related Party Monthly Fees Receivable		400,000	300,000
Operating lease costs		200,000	$ 600,000
Long-term Debt, Total		925,133,000
Secured Debt [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 1,500,000
Long-term Debt, Total		$ 1,500,000
Copper Beach Portfolio [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Description of Acquired Entity	The fiscal year for this arrangement runs from August 1 through July 31 and for year beginning August 1, 2014, the Copper Beech entities agreed to purchase 70 flight hours	as of March 31, 2015, one or more entities in which Dr. McWhirter has an ownership interest owned an interest in joint ventures with the Company and the other Sellers, which own 7 of the Copper Beech Portfolio properties
Tax Protection Period		7 years
Minimum Amount Of Debt Of Operating Partnership To Be Transferred To Sellers		$ 100,000,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 400,000
Accounts Payable, Related Parties		3,400,000
Cb Investors [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Due to Other Related Parties		$ 2,600,000

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Earnings per Share (Details Textual) - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2015 - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Total
Interest on Convertible Debt, Net of Tax	$ 1,356
Incremental Shares Issued Price Per Share	$ 7.16

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Asset Dispositions and Discontinued Operations (Details) - Construction And Development Operations [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Cash	$ 307	$ 1,118
Other assets	587	634
Costs and earnings in excess of construction billings	618	3,887
Total assets	1,512	5,639
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	688	4,711
Construction billings in excess of cost and earnings	0	481
Total liabilities	688	5,192
Total net assets	$ 824	$ 447

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Equity (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Jan. 30, 2015
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Preferred Stock Dividend Rate Percentage	8.00%		8.00%
Operating Partnership Units Outstanding	75.5
Accrued Dividends Common Stock		$ 10.7
Dividend Declared Per Preferred Share		$ 0.50
Accrued Dividends Preferred Stock		$ 2.5
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share	$ 25		$ 25
Limited Partnership Units Of Operating Partnership Units Issued				10.4
Board Of Directors [Member]
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Dividend Declared Per Common Share and Operating Partnership Unit		$ 0.165
Parent Company [Member]
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Operating Partnership Units Outstanding	64.7
Percentage Of Operating Partnership Units Held	85.70%
Other Partners [Member]
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Operating Partnership Units Outstanding	10.8
Percentage Of Operating Partnership Units Held	14.30%
Fair Market Value Of Operating Partnership Units	$ 77.0
Per Unit Fair Market Value Of Operating Partnership Units	$ 7.16
8% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Preferred Stock Dividend Rate Percentage	8.00%
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share	$ 25.00
Preferred Stock Dividend Rate Per Dollar Amount	2.00
Preferred Stock Redemption Price Per Share	$ 25.00

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Commitments and Contingencies [Line Items]
2015		$ 1,923
2016		2,270
2017		1,963
2018		1,513
2019		1,327
Thereafter	[1]	26,821
Total future minimum lease payments		$ 35,817

[1] The Company’s lease obligations total $1.3 million per year through the year 2023. In addition to operating and office leases, the Company has ground leases that average $0.4 million per year through the year 2081.

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Incentive Plans (Details) - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2015 - $ / shares shares in Thousands	Total
Incentive Plans [Line Items]
Weighted Average Grant Price, Unvested shares at beginning of period (carry-forward)	$ 11.28
Weighted Average Grant Price, Granted	7.68
Weighted Average Grant Price, Vested	7.56
Weighted Average Grant Price, Forfeited	7.79
Weighted Average Grant Price, Unvested shares at March 31, 2015	$ 7.71
Restricted Stock [Member]
Incentive Plans [Line Items]
Unvested shares at beginning of period (carry-forward)	288
Granted	112
Vested	(94)
Forfeited	(134)
Unvested shares at March 31, 2015	172

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Fair Value Disclosures (Details Textual) - Entity [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	3.65%	3.67%
Equity Method Investments	$ 259,740	$ 93,783
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments	$ 15,100
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Cap Rate	8.50%
Fair Value Input Expected Net Operating Income	$ 2,600
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Cap Rate	5.90%
Fair Value Input Expected Net Operating Income	$ 1,000
CSH Montreal LP [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments	$ 6,900
CSH Montreal LP [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fair Value Inputs, Cap Rate	7.25%
Fair Value Inputs Percentage Of Revenue Growth Per Bed	92.00%
Fair Value Inputs, Discount Rate	9.25%
Fair Value Measurements, Valuation Techniques	discounted cash flow

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Subsequent Events

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

18. Subsequent Events

In addition to certain matters discussed elsewhere in these notes, the Company noted the following subsequent events:

Copper Beech Transaction

As stated in Note 6, as of April 30, 2015, the Company has completed the acquisition of the Sellers’ interests in two of the properties in the Copper Beech Portfolio in which the Company previously held a 48% interest – Copper Beech San Marcos Phase 1 and Copper Beech IUP Buy. As consideration for the Second CB Closing, the Company paid to the Sellers $1.4 million in cash and the Operating Partnership issued to the Sellers 2.0 million in OP Units. The Company preliminarily estimates that the gain recognized in connection with the Second CB Closing during the three months ending June 30, 2015 will be approximately $7.7 million.

On April 30, 2015, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Pennsylvania State University (the “Penn State Seller”) to purchase its 15% interest in Copper Beech Klondike and its 16% interest in Copper Beech Northbrook for $4.6 million. The closing occurred on June 25, 2015 with $2.3 million being paid to the Penn State Seller with the remaining balance of $2.3 million expected to be paid on September 23, 2015. The transactions to purchase the remaining interests in these two properties were contemplated and structured as of the date of the First CB Closing. As of June 25, 2015, the Company owned 100% of both Copper Beech Klondike and Copper Beech Northbrook. As the purchase price of $4.6 million for these interests were known prior to the issuance of these consolidated financial statements, the Company believes that $4.6 million represents the fair value of the non-controlling interest. As a result, $4.6 million was used as the estimated amount of the non-controlling interest for these two properties which were consolidated as part of the First CB Closing. As a result, the Company does not expect any gain to be recognized during the second quarter of 2015 as part of this transaction. In addition, there were not significant costs incurred in connection with this transaction.

Changes in Management

On April 21, 2015, the Board authorized the appointment of David Coles as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company and John Makuch as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, subject to the finalization of an engagement letter with Alvarez & Marsal North America, LLC (“Alvarez & Marsal”).

On April 29, 2015, the Company entered into an engagement letter with Alvarez & Marsal, effective as of April 21, 2015, providing for Mr. Coles’ services as the Company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Makuch’s services as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and the services of additional support personnel as needed (the “Engagement Letter”). Under the terms of the Engagement Letter, during their respective service at the Company, Messrs. Coles and Makuch will continue to be employed by Alvarez & Marsal and will not receive any compensation directly from the Company or participate in any of the Company’s employee benefit plans. 

Changes in Board of Directors

On May 3, 2015, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Clinton Group Agreement”) with Clinton Group, Inc. and its affiliated funds (collectively, the “Clinton Group”). At the time the Clinton Group Agreement was entered into, the Clinton Group was the beneficial owner of approximately 1.6% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock. Pursuant to the Clinton Group Agreement, the Company agreed to increase the size of its Board of Directors from six to eight directors and to appoint two new directors proposed by the Clinton Group to the Board, including Raymond C. Mikulich and Randall H. Brown. In addition, the Company agreed to appoint Curtis B. McWilliams to the Board. The Board appointed Messrs. Mikulich, Brown and McWilliams to the Board effective May 6, 2015.

Notice of Sole Remedy under Indenture for 4.75% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2018

On May 21, 2015, the Operating Partnership delivered a notice (the “Notice”) to the holders of its 4.75% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Exchangeable Senior Notes”), with a copy of such Notice to the Trustee, pursuant to the Indenture dated as of October 9, 2013 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company, and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), The Notice provided that the Company anticipated it would be unable to timely file this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 by June 2, 2015, which would result in a reporting event of default under the Indenture. The Notice further provided that, pursuant to Section 6.01(b) of the Indenture, the Operating Partnership elected that the sole remedy for the reporting event of default would consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Exchangeable Senior Notes at a rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Exchangeable Senior Notes for the first 90 days of the 180-day period in which such reporting event of default is continuing, beginning on, and including, the date on which such reporting event of default first occurs and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Exchangeable Senior Notes for the last 90 days of such 180-day period as long as such reporting event of default is continuing, payable subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture.

Communications with Lenders Related to Certain Debt Obligations

Campus Crest at Pullman, LLC ("CC Pullman"), Campus Crest at Grand Forks, LLC ("CC Grand Forks") and Campus Crest at Laramie, LLC (“CC Laramie”) informed their lender (for purposes of this paragraph, the “Lender”) that the maximum leverage ratio and the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio tests contained in the loan agreements for the CC Pullman, CC Grand Forks and CC Laramie projects were not met for the test date of December 31, 2014 and that CC Pullman, CC Grand Forks and CC Laramie would not be in compliance with their obligations to provide a copy of the Company's consolidated quarterly financial statements and covenant compliance certificate within the applicable time period required under the respective loan agreements for the three months ended March 31, 2015. On March 24, 2015, the Company received written notice from the Lender that it would waive the deficiencies upon receipt of a modification fee of $0.1 million, and on March 31, 2015, the Company was in the process of negotiating the amount of such modification fee. These (i) financial covenant deficiencies and (ii) financial statement and covenant compliance certificate deficiencies (which could have entitled the Lender to declare the loans due and payable and exercise its remedies under the loan documents) have now been addressed in loan modification documents which waive any default related to such deficiencies. As part of these loan modifications, the loans for CC Pullman and CC Grand Forks have been cross-collateralized. At March 31, 2015, the deficiencies under the CC Pullman, CC Grand Forks and CC Laramie loans did not constitute an event of default under any of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness.

Although the Company no longer has an equity interest in the Kalamazoo Phase 1 property owned by Copper Beech Townhome Communities Twenty Three, LLC ("CBTC 23"), the Company and the Operating Partnership has a non-recourse carve-out guaranty and a 10% principal repayment guaranty (the “CBTC 23 Guaranty”) and the Operating Partnership was required to deliver a $1.0 million irrevocable standby letter of credit on behalf of CBTC 23 for the benefit of the lender (the “CBTC 23 Letter of Credit”). The Company has received a copy of a notice of default addressed to CBTC 23 dated June 26, 2015, from the special servicer of the CBTC 23 loan, and although the special servicer has not made a demand under the CBTC 23 Guaranty or the CBTC 23 Letter of Credit, the Company believes that such a demand may be forthcoming. The default on the CBTC 23 loan does not create a default by the Company under any of its outstanding indebtedness. The purchase and sale agreement with the Copper Beech sellers requires the Copper Beech sellers to indemnify the Company and the Operating Partnership for all indemnifiable losses related to the CBTC 23 Guaranty and the CBTC 23 Letter of Credit, with a maximum indemnity amount of $4.0 million for the 10% principal repayment portion of the CBTC 23 Guaranty (expected to result in a payment obligation of less than $3.0 million) and the CBTC 23 Letter of Credit and with no maximum indemnity amount for the non-recourse carve-out portion of the CBTC 23 Guaranty. The Company intends to enforce the indemnity in the Copper Beech purchase and sale agreement if the CBTC 23 Guaranty and/or the CBTC 23 Letter of Credit is called by the servicers for the CBTC 23 loan. As of March 31, 2015, the Company has recorded a liability of $4.0 million included in other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet  for the estimated fair value of these guarantees and a receivable for the indemnification assets of $4.0 million included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Campus Crest Communities, Inc. and Campus Crest Operating Partnership, LP are guarantors under a credit agreement dated January 14, 2014, related to the CSH Montreal Debt (the “Montreal Credit Agreement”). Section 10.4(2) of the Montreal Credit Agreement requires CSH Montreal to provide monthly reports within 45 days of each month end. On April 15, 2015, the parties to the Montreal Credit Agreement executed a Fourth Amendment to the Montreal Credit Agreement, which waived compliance with the provisions of Section 10.4(2) until April 15, 2015. The Fourth Amendment also deleted some of the monthly reporting requirements in Section 10.4(2) of the Montreal Credit Agreement. The failure to deliver the monthly reports under Section 10.4(2) did not constitute an event of default under the Montreal Credit Agreement because the Fourth Amendment was executed before the applicable notice and cure period lapsed. Section 10.4(3) of the Montreal Credit Agreement requires CSH Montreal to provide quarterly reports within 45 days of each fiscal quarter end. On June 22, 2015, the parties to the Montreal Credit Agreement executed a Fifth Amendment to the Montreal Credit Agreement, which waived compliance with the provisions of Section 10.4(3) until July 31, 2015. The Fifth Amendment also modified Section 10.4(3) of the Montreal Credit Agreement as it relates to the 45-day reporting requirement for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2015 to extend that period from 45 days to 60 days. As a consequence of executing the Fourth Amendment and Fifth Amendment, the Company believes it is in compliance with the Montreal Credit Agreement.

As described in Note 9, in January 2013, the Company (the “Borrower”) entered into the second amended and restated credit agreement (the "Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"), which provides for a $250.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") and a $50 million term loan (the “Term Loan”, together with the “Revolving Credit Facility”, the “Amended Credit Facility”).  On May 15, 2015, the parties to this Amended Credit Facility executed a waiver of the reporting requirements, specifically the waiver states: “(a) for purposes of the calendar quarter ending in March 2015, (1) the Borrower shall deliver quarterly financials in accordance with Section 5.03(c) of the Credit Agreement on or before July 31, 2015, and (2) the Borrower shall deliver the quarterly Borrowing Base Certificate in accordance with clause (i) of Section 5.03(d) of the Credit Agreement on or before July 31, 2015; and (b) for purposes of the calendar quarter ending in June 2015, (1) the Borrower shall deliver quarterly financials in accordance with Section 5.03(c) of the Credit Agreement within sixty (60) days after the end of such quarter, and (2) the Borrower shall deliver the quarterly Borrowing Base Certificate in accordance with clause (i) of Section 5.03(d) of the Credit Agreement within sixty (60) days after the end of such quarter.” As a consequence of executing this waiver the Company believes it is in compliance with the Amended Credit Facility.

HSRE Portfolio Changes

On May 1, 2015, the Company entered into a nonbinding membership interest purchase and sale agreement with HSRE which will result in (i) HSRE acquiring all of the ownership interests in the entities which own The Grove at Norman, Oklahoma and The Grove at Louisville, Kentucky, and (ii) the Company acquiring all of the ownership interests in the entities which own The Grove at Fayetteville, Arkansas, The Grove at Indiana, Pennsylvania and The Grove at Greensboro, North Carolina. This membership interest purchase and sale agreement is based upon the book value of each of the properties. The Company has placed $5.0 million in a restricted cash account related to the closing of this transaction, an amount in excess of the net proceeds needed for the closing of this transaction. As of the date of this filing, the Company cannot estimate the financial statement effects of this transaction. The closing of these ownership interest transfers is expected to occur no later than September 30, 2015.

CSH Montreal Agreement Buyout

In June of 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with Beaumont, CSH Montreal and certain other entities related to a potential buyout of the Company's ownership interests in CSH Montreal and the termination of all service agreements with affiliates of the Company related to the two evo Montreal properties. As part of the closing, the current credit facility will be paid in full, thereby releasing the Company from all guaranty and indemnity obligations associated with the credit facility currently in place for the two evo Montreal properties. As of the date of this filing, the Company cannot estimate the financial statement effects of this transaction. The closing is expected to occur during the third quarter of 2015 and is subject to financing and other customary closing conditions.

San Angelo Sale

On June 15, 2015, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement with a third party that would result in the sale of 100% of the Company’s ownership interest in The Grove at San Angelo, Texas. As of the date of this filing, the Company cannot estimate the financial statement effects of this transaction. The closing of this transaction is expected to occur no later than September 30, 2015 and is subject to financing and other customary closing conditions.

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Strategic Repositioning Initiatives (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jan. 16, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Strategic Repositioning Initiatives [Line Items]
Severance Costs		$ 508	$ 0
Proceeds from Sale of Land Held-for-use	$ 28,300
Restricted Stock [Member]
Strategic Repositioning Initiatives [Line Items]
Severance Costs		400
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Strategic Repositioning Initiatives [Line Items]
Severance Costs		4,100
Severance Costs Year One		2,700
Severance Costs Year Two		$ 1,400

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Organization and Description of Business (Details)		Mar. 31, 2015 Number
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		44
Total Portfolio [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation	[1]	82
Wholly owned Grove properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		36
Joint Venture Grove properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		8
Joint Venture evo properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		3
Wholly Owned Copper Beech Properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		26
Joint Venture Owned Copper Beech Properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation	[2]	9
Copper Beech Properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		35

[1] The Company’s 100% owned redevelopment property in Toledo, Ohio, which was acquired in March 2013 is excluded. As of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015, this property was classified as held for sale.

[2] The Company holds a 48% ownership interest in 7 unconsolidated properties, as well as an 84% interest in one property and an 85% interest in one property, both of which are consolidated. See Notes 6 and 18 for additional information.

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Equity (Details 1) - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Changes in shares Of Operating Partnership Units [Line Items]
OP Units at beginning of period	401	434
Issuance of OP Units	10,354	0
OP Units at end of period	10,755	434

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Earnings per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

Computations of basic and diluted income (loss) per share for the periods presented are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	Income (Numerator)		Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Amount
Income from continuing operations	$	11,840
Preferred stock dividends		(3,050)
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		(2,166)
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		10,956
Loss from discontinued operations		(1,157)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		9
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		10,956		64,720	$	0.17
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)		64,720		(0.02)
Net income attributable to common stockholders		9,790		64,720	$	0.15
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Interest expense on exchangeable debt		1,356
Incremental shares from assumed conversion (1)				13,966
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		12,312		78,686	$	0.15
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)		78,686		(0.01)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	11,146		78,686	$	0.14

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Income (Numerator)		Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Amount
Income from continuing operations	$	109
Preferred stock dividends		(3,050)
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		(8)
Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		(2,933)
Income from discontinued operations		939
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		(7)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		946
Basic earnings per share:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		(2,933)		64,495	$	(0.04)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		946		64,495		0.01
Loss attributable to common stockholders		(1,987)		64,495	$	(0.03)
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Incremental shares from assumed conversion (1)				434
Diluted earnings per share:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		(2,933)		64,929	$	(0.04)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		946		64,929		0.01
Loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(1,987)		64,929	$	(0.03)

⁽¹⁾ The effect of the inclusion of all potentially dilutive securities for 2015 is dilutive when computing diluted earnings per share. For the period ended March 31, 2015, shares issuable upon settlement of the exchange feature of the Exchangeable Senior Notes were dilutive and were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share based on the “if-converted” method. The computation of diluted earnings per share used net income adjusted for interest expense related to the Exchangeable Senior Notes of $1.4 million and a share price equal to the March 31, 2015 ending share value of $7.16 per share to calculate the incremental shares. For the period ended December 31, 2014, shares issuable upon settlement of the exchange feature of the Exchangeable Senior Notes were anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share based on the “if-converted” method.

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Income Taxes (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items]
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent	90.00%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Interest on Income Taxes Expense	$ 0	$ 0
Valuation Allowance, Deferred Tax Asset, Increase (Decrease), Amount	$ 200,000

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Debt (Details Textual) - Mortgagae Loans [Domain] - Subsequent Event Type [Domain] - Entity [Domain] $ / shares in Units, CAD in Millions		1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
		Jan. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 CAD	Jan. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Fixed Rate Debt and Debt, Subject To Hedge Agreements To Total Debt Minimum, Percentage						66.67%
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Secured Recourse Debt Ratio, Maximum, Percentage						20.00%
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Tangible Minimum						$ 330,788,250
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Percentage Of Net Proceeds Of Additional Equity Issuances						75.00%
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Percentage Secured Debt Ratio Description						secured debt ratio of not greater than 47.5%
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Percentage Of Distributions Of Funds From Operations						95.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Increase, Additional Borrowings						$ 46,000,000	$ 72,500,000
Proceeds from Unsecured Notes Payable			$ 33,400,000	CAD 35.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period								1.30%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate								2.50%
Long-Term Line Of Credit	[1]					$ 263,500,000		$ 217,500,000
Debt Instrument, Covenant Description						On February 25, 2015, the Company received a unanimously approved waiver under its amended credit facility that provides relief from certain financial covenants during a relief period that runs from December 31, 2014 until and including September 30, 2015. During the relief period the following new measurements will apply to covenant tests: maximum leverage ratio of not greater than 0.65:1.00; maximum secured debt ratio of not greater than 47.5%; minimum fixed charge ratio of not less than 1.30:1.00; and a dividend payout ratio of not more than 105.0% calculated on a pro forma basis that applies the current quarterly dividend of $0.09 on a trailing twelve month basis.
Amortization		$ 1,000,000
Other Long-Term Debt						$ 6,888,000		$ 2,827,000
Exchangeable Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Increase, Additional Borrowings						2,400,000
Debt instrument Operating Partnership issued						$ 100,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage						4.75%
Debt Instrument Shares Initial Exchange Rate | shares						79.602
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						$ 1,000
Debt Instrument, Common stock Percentage Of Exchange Price | $ / shares						$ 12.56
Amortization of Financing Costs						$ 200,000	100,000
Description On Exchangeable Senior Notes						(i) during any calendar quarter beginning after December 31, 2013 (and only during such quarter) if the closing sale price of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company is more than 130% of the then-current exchange price for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) in the period of the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the previous calendar quarter; (ii) during the five consecutive business-day period following any five consecutive trading-day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day during such five trading day period was less than 98% of the closing sale price of the common stock of Campus Crest, or Campus Crest common stock, for each trading day during such five trading-day period multiplied by the then current exchange rate; or (iii) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions described in the indenture governing the Exchangeable Senior Notes. On or after July 15, 2018, and on or prior to the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders of the Exchangeable Senior Notes may exchange their notes without regard to the foregoing conditions.
Long-Term Line Of Credit						$ 97,600,000
Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage Ratio For Base Rate Based Borrowings						2.64%
Long-Term Line Of Credit						$ 50,000,000
Credit Average One [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other Long-Term Debt		1,500,000
Credit Average Two [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other Long-Term Debt		1,500,000
Credit Average Three [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other Long-Term Debt		1,500,000
Copper Beech [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amortization of Financing Costs						600,000,000	700,000,000
Amortization						$ 13,000,000	$ 13,000,000
Other Long-Term Debt		$ 4,500,000
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Leverage Ratio, Maximum						0.65
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Term, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Minimum						1.30
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period						3.25%
Minimum [Member] | Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage Ratio For Eurodollar Rate Based Borrowings					1.70%
Leverage Ratio For Base Rate Based Borrowings					0.70%
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Terms, Leverage Ratio, Maximum						1.00
Line Of Credit Facility Covenant Term, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, Minimum						1.00
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period						3.59%
Line of Credit Facility, Commitment Fee Percentage						105.00%
Maximum [Member] | Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage Ratio For Eurodollar Rate Based Borrowings					2.45%
Leverage Ratio For Base Rate Based Borrowings					1.45%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage Ratio For Base Rate Based Borrowings						2.69%
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity						$ 36,500,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					$ 300,000,000	$ 3,400,000
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Description						(a) the lesser of (i) 60.0% of the "as-is" appraised value of the Companys properties that form the borrowing base of the Amended Credit Facility and (ii) the amount that would create a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.5, and (b) 50% of the aggregate of the lesser of (i) the book value of each of the Companys development assets (as such term is defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and (ii) the "as-is" appraised value of each of the Companys development assets, subject to certain limitations in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Future Commitment Line Of Credit Facility Maximum Borrowing Capacity					600,000,000
Description of revolving credit facility , average borrowings, interest rate						(i) 0.30% per annum if the Companys average borrowing is less than 50.0% of the total amount available or (ii) 0.25% per annum if the Companys average borrowing is greater than 50.0% of the total amount available.
Long-Term Line Of Credit						$ 213,500,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-Term Line Of Credit					250,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity					$ 50,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage Ratio For Eurodollar Rate Based Borrowings					1.75%
Leverage Ratio For Base Rate Based Borrowings					0.75%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage Ratio For Eurodollar Rate Based Borrowings					2.50%
Leverage Ratio For Base Rate Based Borrowings					1.50%

[1] As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in most of the Copper Beech properties. This acquisition represents $220.5 million of the increase in the fixed-rate mortgage loans, $37.9 million of the increase in the construction loans and $4.5 million of the increase in other debt related to Copper Beech letters of credit.

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Details 1) - Scenario, Unspecified [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Assets
Intangible assets		$ 21,030	$ 0
Liabilities and Equity
Carrying value of investment in HSRE and other non-Copper Beech entities		93,783	259,740
HSRE and DCV Holdings [Member]
Assets
Student housing properties, net		489,075	437,108
Development in Process		0	7,429
Other assets		12,321	12,947
Total assets		501,396	457,484
Liabilities and Equity
Mortgage and construction loans		315,935	354,759
Other liabilities		19,237	29,364
Owners' equity		166,224	73,361
Total liabilities and owners' equity		501,396	457,484
Company's share of historical owners' equity		52,860	30,481
Preferred investment	[1]	7,322	7,322
Net difference in carrying value of investment versus net book value of underlying net assets	[2]	(17,073)	3,219
Carrying value of investment in HSRE and other non-Copper Beech entities		43,109	41,022
Copper Beech [Member]
Assets
Student housing properties, net		306,139	906,614
Intangible assets		2,283	7,212
Other assets		14,178	14,293
Total assets		322,600	928,119
Liabilities and Equity
Mortgage and construction loans		206,122	476,985
Other liabilities		4,533	15,541
Owners' equity		111,945	435,593
Total liabilities and owners' equity		322,600	928,119
Company's share of historical owners' equity		53,734	199,281
Net difference in carrying value of investment versus net book value of underlying net assets	[3]	(3,060)	19,437
Carrying value of investment in HSRE and other non-Copper Beech entities		$ 50,674	$ 218,718

[1] As of March 31, 2015, the Company had Class B membership interests in The Grove at Indiana, Pennsylvania, The Grove at Greensboro, North Carolina, and The Grove at Louisville, Kentucky, of $2.7 million, $2.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively, entitling the Company to a 9.0% return on its investment upon the respective property being operational.

[2] This amount represents the aggregate difference between the Company’s carrying amount and its underlying equity in the net assets of its investments, which is typically amortized over the life of the related asset. The basis differential occurs primarily due to the other than temporary impairments recorded during 2014, the difference between the allocated value to acquired entity interests and the venture’s basis in those interests, the capitalization of additional investment in the unconsolidated entities, and the elimination of service related revenue to the extent of the Company’s percentage ownership.

[3] This amount represents the aggregate difference between the historical cost basis and the basis reflected at the entity level, which is typically amortized over the life of the related asset. The basis differential occurs primarily due to the impairment recognized during the year ended December 31, 2014 in connection with not exercising the Copper Beech purchase option, offset by the capitalization of transaction costs incurred to acquire the Company's interests in the Copper Beech entities.

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Student Housing Properties (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Land	$ 117,352	$ 76,043
Buildings and improvements	1,291,153	781,739
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	97,792	78,180
Student housing properties	1,506,297	935,962
Less: accumulated depreciation	(138,830)	(128,121)
Investment in real estate, net	$ 1,367,467	$ 807,841

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, presented in U.S. dollars, have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and represent the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Equity interests owned by others in the Operating Partnership and two consolidated Copper Beech entities are reflected as non-controlling interests in the consolidated financial statements. The Company also has interests in unconsolidated real estate ventures which have ownership in several property owning entities that are accounted for under the equity method. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, primarily related to discontinued operations discussed in Note 7.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the year ended December 31, 2014 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of operations and cash flows for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for other interim periods or the full year.

 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant assumptions and estimates are used by management in recognizing construction and development revenue (which is included in income (loss) from discontinued operations) under the percentage of completion method, useful lives of student housing properties, valuation of investment in real estate and investments in unconsolidated entities and land and properties held for sale, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, initial valuations used in the accounting for newly acquired student housing properties and the Copper Beech entities and trade name, fair value of guarantee obligations related to unconsolidated entities, issuance proceeds receivable from damaged assets, determination of fair value for impairment assessments, and fair value of financial assets and liabilities, including derivatives and allowance for doubtful accounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material to the consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically and the effect of such revisions are reflected prospectively in the period in which they occur.

Consolidated Variable Interest Entity

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company entered into a variable interest entity ("VIE") with Copper Beech Townhome Communities, LLC ("CBTC") to develop, construct and manage a student housing property in Ames, Iowa (“Copper Beech at Ames”). The property began operations during the third quarter of 2014. The Company concluded that it is the primary beneficiary of Copper Beech at Ames as the Company funded all of the equity of this entity, resulting in the Copper Beech investor’s interest being deemed a de facto agent of Campus Crest. The VIE’s assets and liabilities and the noncontrolling interest are included in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. On January 30, 2015, in connection with the Copper Beech purchase transaction (see Note 6), the Company’s ownership interest in Copper Beech at Ames increased to 100%. The acquisition of the noncontrolling interest in Copper Beech at Ames was accounted for as an equity transaction and did not result in the recognition of a gain or loss in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Investments in Real Estate and Depreciation

Investment in real estate is recorded at historical cost. Major improvements that extend the life of an asset are capitalized and depreciated over a period equal to the shorter of the life of the improvement or the remaining useful life of the asset. The cost of ordinary repairs and maintenance are charged to expense when incurred. Depreciation and amortization are recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Land improvements	15 years
Buildings and leasehold improvements	10-40 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	5-10 years

The cost of buildings and improvements includes all pre-development, entitlement and project costs directly associated with the development and construction of a real estate project, which include interest, property taxes and the amortization of deferred financing costs recognized while the project is under construction, as well as certain internal costs related to the development and construction of the Company’s student housing properties. All costs are capitalized as development in process until the asset is ready for its intended use, which is typically at the completion of the project. Upon completion, costs are transferred into the applicable asset category and depreciation commences. There was no interest capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and $1.9 million of interest was capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The Company capitalizes costs during the development of assets beginning with the determination that development of a future asset is probable until the asset, or a portion of the asset, is delivered and is ready for its intended use. During development efforts the Company capitalizes all direct costs and indirect costs that have been incurred as a result of the development. These costs include interest, related loan fees and property taxes as well as other direct and indirect costs. The Company capitalizes interest costs for debt incurred for project specific financing and for capital contributions to equity method investees who utilize such funds for construction-related activities. Indirect project costs, which include personnel and office and administrative costs that are clearly associated with the Company’s development and redevelopment efforts, are capitalized. Indirect costs not clearly related to acquisition, development, redevelopment and construction activity, including general and administrative expenses, are expensed in the period incurred. As there were no assets under development during the three months ended March 31, 2015, correspondingly there were no capitalized costs for the period. Capitalized indirect costs associated with the Company’s development activities were $3.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The Company was developing ten properties during the three months ended March 31, 2014. All such costs are capitalized as development in process until the asset is delivered and ready for its intended use, which is typically at the completion of the project. Upon completion, costs are transferred into the applicable asset category and depreciation commences.

Pre-development costs are capitalized when they are directly identifiable with the specific property and would be capitalized if the property were already acquired and acquisition of the property or an option to acquire the property is probable. Capitalized pre-development costs are expensed when management believes it is no longer probable that a contract will be executed or construction will commence. Because the Company frequently incurs these pre-development expenditures before a financing commitment and/or required permits and authorizations have been obtained, the Company bears the risk of loss of these pre-development expenditures if financing cannot ultimately be arranged on acceptable terms or if the Company is unable to successfully obtain the required permits and authorizations. As such, management evaluates the status of projects where the Company has not yet acquired the target property or where the Company has not yet commenced construction on a periodic basis and expenses any pre-development costs related to projects whose current status indicates the acquisition or commencement of construction is not probable. No such write-offs were recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had no pre-development costs related to development projects, (see Note 4 regarding the Company’s strategic repositioning initiatives). As of March 31, 2015, the Company owned five strategically held land parcels that could be used for the development of phase two properties, with an aggregate bed count ranging from approximately 1,000 to 1,500, and four land parcels and one property which the Company intends to divest. The costs associated with the strategically held parcels are included in land held for investment on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The costs associated with the land parcels and additional property in which the Company intends to divest are included in land and property held for sale in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Management assesses whether there has been impairment in the value of the Company’s investment in real estate whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. For assets held and used, recoverability of investment in real estate is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of a student housing property to the estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the property over the expected hold period. Impairment is recognized when estimated future undiscounted cash flows, including proceeds from disposition, are less than the carrying value of the property. The estimation of future undiscounted cash flows is inherently uncertain and relies on assumptions regarding current and future economics and market conditions. If such conditions change, then an adjustment reducing the carrying value of the Company’s long-lived assets could occur in the future period in which conditions change. To the extent that a property is impaired, the excess of the carrying amount of the property over its estimated fair value is recorded as an impairment charge. Fair value is determined based upon the discounted cash flows of the property, quoted market prices or independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

Property Acquisitions

Campus Crest recognizes tangible and identified intangible assets and liabilities related to acquired properties based on the fair values of these assets and liabilities for both consolidated entities and investments in unconsolidated entities. Fair value estimates are based on information obtained from independent appraisals, market data, information obtained during due diligence and information related to the marketing and leasing at the specific property. The value of in-place leases is based on the difference between (i) the property valued with existing in-place leases adjusted to market rental rates and (ii) the property valued “as-if” vacant. As lease terms are typically one year or less, rates on in-place leases generally approximate market rental rates. Factors considered in the valuation of in-place leases include an estimate of the carrying costs during the expected lease-up period considering current market conditions, nature of the tenancy and costs to execute similar leases. Carrying costs include estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up period, net of variable operating expenses. The value of in-place leases is amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining initial term of the respective leases, generally less than one year. The purchase price of property acquisitions is not expected to be allocated to tenant relationships, considering the terms of the leases and the expected levels of renewals.

Additionally, mortgage debt premiums and discounts represent fair value adjustments for the difference between the stated rates and market rates of mortgage debt assumed in connection with the Company’s acquisitions. The mortgage debt premiums and discounts are amortized to interest expense over the term of the related mortgage loans using the effective-interest method. Acquisition-related costs such as due diligence, legal, accounting and advisory fees are either expensed as incurred for acquisitions that are consolidated or capitalized for acquisitions accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Long-Lived Assets – Held for Sale

Long-lived assets to be disposed of are classified as held for sale in the period in which all of the following criteria are met:

a. Management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the assets.

b. The asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for sales of such assets.

c. An active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell the asset have been initiated.

d. The sale of the asset is probable, and transfer of asset is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale, within one year.

e. The asset is being actively marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value.

f. Actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plans will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn.

Concurrent with this classification, the land and property held for sale is recorded at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated selling costs, and depreciation ceases.

Real Estate Ventures

Campus Crest holds interests in its properties through interests in both consolidated and unconsolidated real estate ventures. The Company assesses its investments in real estate ventures to determine if a venture is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). Generally, an entity is determined to be a VIE when either (i) the equity investors (if any) lack one or more of the essential characteristics of a controlling financial interest, (ii) the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity’s activities without additional subordinated financial support or (iii) the equity investors have voting rights that are not proportionate to their economic interests and substantially all of the activities of the entity involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately fewer voting rights. The Company consolidates entities that are VIEs for which the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. In instances where the Company is not the primary beneficiary, the Company does not consolidate the entity for financial reporting purposes. The primary beneficiary is the entity that has both (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. Entities that are not defined as VIEs are consolidated where the Company is the general partner (or the equivalent) and the limited partners (or the equivalent) in such investments do not have rights which would preclude control.

 For entities where the Company is the general partner (or the equivalent), but do not control the real estate venture, and the other partners (or the equivalent) hold substantive participating rights, the Company uses the equity method of accounting. For entities where the Company is a limited partner (or the equivalent), management considers factors such as ownership interest, voting control, authority to make decisions and contractual and substantive participating rights of the partners (or the equivalent) to determine if the presumption that the general partner controls the entity is overcome. In instances where these factors indicate the Company controls the entity, the Company would consolidate the entity; otherwise the Company accounts for its investments using the equity method of accounting.

Under the equity method of accounting, investments are initially recognized in the consolidated balance sheet at cost and are subsequently adjusted to reflect the Company’s proportionate share of net earnings or losses of the entity, distributions received, contributions and certain other adjustments, as appropriate. Any difference between the carrying amount of these investments on the Company’s balance sheet and the underlying equity in net assets is amortized as an adjustment to equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities. When circumstances indicate there may have been a loss in value of an equity method investment, and the Company determines the loss in value is other than temporary, the Company recognizes an impairment charge to reflect the investment at fair value.

Ground Leases

Ground lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Campus Crest considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash is excluded from cash for the purpose of preparing the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company maintains cash balances in various banks. At times the Company’s balances may exceed the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Company does not believe this presents significant exposure for the business.

Restricted cash includes escrow accounts held by lenders for the purpose of paying taxes, insurance and funding capital improvements. The Company’s funds in escrow are typically held in interest bearing accounts covered under FDIC insurance with applicable limits.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowances for student receivables are maintained to reduce the Company’s receivables to the amount that management estimates to be collectible, which approximates fair value. The allowance is estimated based on past due balances not received on contractual terms, as well as historical collections experience and current economic and business conditions. When management has determined that receivables are uncollectible, they are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. Recoveries of accounts previously written off are recorded when received.

The following is a summary of the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2014	$	(459)
Bad debt expense		(741)
Write offs		9
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	(1,191)

Write offs during the three months ended March 31, 2014 were immaterial.

Intangible Assets

Campus Crest’s intangible assets consist of acquired in-place leases and the trademark for the Copper Beech brand name. As previously mentioned, the acquired in-place leases are amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining initial term of the respective leases, generally less than one year. The gross carrying amount, accumulated amortization and net carrying amount of the acquired in-places leases was $26.0 million, $8.7 million and $17.3 million as of March 31, 2015, respectively. Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $8.7 million. The estimated amortization expense for the remainder of 2015 is $20.1 million, which includes amortization related to the properties acquired as part of the Second CB Closing of $2.8 million. The Copper Beech trademark, which is a non-amortizing intangible asset, has a carrying value of $3.7 million as of March 31, 2015. In accordance with FASB ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, indefinite-lived intangible assets that are not subject to amortization must be tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate they might be impaired. As such, the Company will perform an impairment test in relation to the Copper Beech trademark on an annual basis or more frequently, if needed. As described in Note 6, the amount of the acquired in-place lease intangibles and related amortization and the amount of the Copper Beech brand name intangible are based on preliminary estimates that may change when the related acquisition accounting valuations are finalized.

Deferred Financing Costs

Campus Crest defers costs incurred in obtaining financing and amortizes these costs using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the expected terms of the related loans. Deferred financing costs as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were $12.9 million and $11.7 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $5.5 million and $4.8 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Upon repayment of the underlying debt agreement, any unamortized costs are charged to earnings. Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization, are included in other assets, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests represent the portion of equity in the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries which are not attributable to the Company’s stockholders. Accordingly, noncontrolling interests are reported as a component of equity, separate from stockholders’ equity, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. On the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), operating results are reported at their consolidated amounts, including both the amount attributable to the Company and to noncontrolling interests. See also “Consolidated Variable Interest Entity.”

Student Housing Revenue

Students are required to execute lease contracts with payment schedules that vary from annual to monthly payments. The Company recognizes revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease contracts which for new tenants is typically 11.5 months for Grove and evo properties and 12 months for Copper Beech properties. The lease term for renewing tenants for all properties is typically 12 months. Generally, unless sufficient income can be verified, each executed contract is required to be accompanied by a signed parental/guardian guaranty. Amounts received in advance of the occupancy period or prior to the contractual due date are recorded as deferred revenues and included in other liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Property Management Services

 Management fees are recognized when earned in accordance with each management contract. Incentive management fees are recognized when the incentive criteria are met.

Development and Construction Services

Development and construction service revenue is recognized using the percentage of completion method, as determined by construction costs incurred relative to total estimated construction costs for each property under development and construction. For the purpose of applying this method, significant estimates are necessary to determine the percentage of completion as of the balance sheet date. This method is used because management considers total cost to be the best measure of progress toward completion of the contract. Any changes in significant judgments and/or estimates used in determining construction and development revenue could significantly change the timing or amount of construction and development revenue recognized.

 Development and construction service revenue is recognized for contracts with entities the Company does not consolidate. For projects where revenue is based on a fixed price, any cost overruns incurred during construction, as compared to the original budget, will reduce the net profit ultimately recognized on those projects. Profit derived from these projects is eliminated to the extent of the Company’s interest in the unconsolidated entity. Any incentive fees, net of the impact of the Company’s ownership interest if the entity is unconsolidated, are recognized when the project is complete and performance has been agreed upon by all parties, or when performance has been verified by an independent third party. When total development or construction costs at completion exceed the fixed price set forth within the related contract, such cost overruns are recorded as additional investment in the unconsolidated entity. Entitlement fees and arrangement fees, where applicable, are recognized when earned based on the terms of the related contracts.

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings represent the excess of construction costs and profits recognized to date using the percentage of completion method over billings to date on certain contracts. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings represents the excess of billings to date over the amount of contract costs and profits recognized to date using the percentage of completion method on certain contracts. Billings to date on such contracts totaled $51.0 million and $49.3 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. During the three months ended June 30, 2015 the Company has billed the costs and estimated earnings outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and expects to collect the amounts billed during the remainder of 2015.

Marketing and Advertising Costs

Marketing and advertising costs are expensed during the period incurred and included in student housing and general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Marketing and advertising expenses were $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Campus Crest enters into interest rate cap agreements to manage floating interest rate exposure with respect to amounts borrowed, or forecasted to be borrowed, under credit facilities. These contracts effectively limit the amount of interest the Company needs to pay should interest rates exceed contracted levels. The Company had two interest rate caps as of March 31, 2015.

 All derivative instruments are recognized as either assets or liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at their respective fair values. Changes in fair value are recognized either in earnings or as other comprehensive income (loss), depending on whether the derivative has been designated as a cash flow hedge and whether it qualifies as part of a hedging relationship, the nature of the exposure being hedged and how effective the derivative is at offsetting movements in underlying exposure. The Company discontinues hedge accounting when: (i) it determines that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the cash flows of a hedged item; (ii) the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised; (iii) it is no longer probable that the forecasted transaction will occur; or (iv) management determines that designating the derivative as a hedging instrument is no longer appropriate. In situations in which hedge accounting is not initially designated, or is discontinued and a derivative remains outstanding, gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument are recorded in current period earnings as a component of other income (expense) line item on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value of derivative contracts was insignificant.

Commitments and Contingencies

 Liabilities for loss contingencies, arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines, penalties and other sources, are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

Income Taxes

The Company has made an election to qualify, and believes it is operating so as to qualify, as a REIT under Sections 856 through 859 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company’s qualification as a REIT depends upon its ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, various complex requirements under the Internal Revenue Code relating to, among other things, the sources of the Company’s gross income, the composition and values of the Company’s assets, the Company’s distribution levels and the diversity of ownership of its stock. The Company believes that it is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and that the Company’s intended manner of operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.

 As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to U.S. federal and state income tax on taxable income that it distributes currently to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year and does not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates and generally will be precluded from qualifying as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years following the year during which it lost its REIT qualification. Accordingly, the Company’s failure to qualify as a REIT could materially and adversely affect the Company, including its ability to make distributions to its stockholders in the future.

Campus Crest has made the election to treat TRS Holdings, the Company’s subsidiary which holds the Company’s management companies (as well as the development and construction companies included within discontinued operations) that provide services to entities in which the Company does not own 100% of the equity interests, as a TRS. As a TRS, the operations of TRS Holdings and its subsidiaries are generally subject to federal, state and local income and franchise taxes. The Company’s TRS accounts for its income taxes in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which includes an estimate of the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities of the TRS entities are recognized based on the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to reverse.

 Campus Crest follows a two-step approach for evaluating uncertain tax positions. Recognition (step one) occurs when the Company concludes that a tax position, based solely on its technical merits, is more-likely-than-not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) to be sustained upon examination. Measurement (step two) determines the amount of benefit that more-likely-than-not will be realized upon settlement. De-recognition of a tax position that was previously recognized would occur when the Company subsequently determines a tax position no longer met the more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained. The use of a valuation allowance as a substitute for de-recognition of tax positions is prohibited.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), which consists of unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments and foreign currency translation adjustments. Comprehensive income (loss) is presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is displayed as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company grants restricted stock and restricted Operating Partnership ("OP Unit”) awards that typically vest over either a three or five year period. A restricted stock or OP Unit award is an award of shares of the Company’s common stock or OP Units that are subject to restrictions on transferability and other restrictions determined by the Company’s compensation committee at the date of grant. A grant date generally is established for a restricted stock award or restricted OP Unit award upon approval from the Company’s compensation committee and Board of Directors. The restrictions may lapse over a specified period of employment or the satisfaction of pre-established criteria as the Company’s compensation committee may determine. Except to the extent restricted under the award agreement, a participant awarded restricted stock or OP Units has all the rights of a stockholder or OP Unit holder as to these shares or units, including the right to vote and the right to receive dividends or distributions on the shares or units. The fair value of the award generally is determined based on the market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the applicable vesting period for the entire award with cost recognized at the end of any period being at least equal to the shares that were then vested.

Foreign Currency

Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded in local currency at actual exchange rates at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet dates are reported at the rates of exchange prevailing at those dates. Any gains or losses arising on monetary assets and liabilities from a change in exchange rates subsequent to the date of the transaction have been included in discontinued operations, if resulting from operations within the Company’s development or construction service company, or other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had foreign currency exposure to the Canadian dollar. The aggregate transaction gains and losses included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were not significant.

The financial statements of certain equity method investees and certain foreign subsidiaries are translated from their respective functional currencies into U.S. dollars using current and historical exchange rates. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are reported separately and included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders' equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon classification as held for sale, sale or liquidation of the Company’s investments, the translation adjustment would be reported as part of the gain or loss on classification, sale or liquidation. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized a foreign currency translation loss of $0.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively, related to its investment in CSH Montreal, LP (“CSH Montreal”). Foreign currency translation loss is included in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and in comprehensive income (loss) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Insurance Recoveries

Insurance recoveries are amounts due or received under the Company’s applicable insurance policies for asset damage and business interruption relating to the previously disclosed fire at The Grove at Pullman, Washington and to the damage at The Grove at Wichita Kansas, and The Grove at Wichita Falls, Texas. Business interruption recovery is recorded when realized and included as a reduction within student housing operations expenses within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized zero and $0.6 million, respectively of business interruption recovery. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had a receivable for property damage of $4.6 million and $5.5 million, respectively.

Segments

The Company has identified three reportable business segments: (i) Grove and evo operations (ii) Copper Beech operations and (iii) property management services. The Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on operating income (loss). All inter-segment sales pricing is based on current market conditions. Unallocated corporate amounts include general expenses associated with managing the Company’s three reportable operating segments. Prior to the closing of the Copper Beech sale transaction in January 2015, the Company’s segments consisted of student housing operations and property management services. Upon closing of this transaction, the Company added the Copper Beech operations as a new reportable operating segment. During the first quarter of 2015, the Company’s chief operating decision maker began reviewing the separate operating results of the three operating segments to make decisions about resources to be allocated to each segment and assess each segment’s performance.

Immaterial Corrections

Subsequent to the issuance of the Company’s 2014 consolidated financial statements, the Company became aware of two immaterial corrections that were necessary to be made to the consolidated financial statements. These errors related to the second, third and fourth quarters of 2014. The Company has adjusted the prior year consolidated financial statements to reflect the impact of these immaterial corrections. The total impact of these immaterial corrections increased the previously reported net loss attributable to common stockholders from $174.9 million to $177.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). As a result, accumulated deficit and distributions changed from $298.8 million to $301.6 million in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. The first immaterial correction related to receivables of $1.9 million included in other assets, net in the consolidated balance sheet that were determined to be incorrectly recorded and uncollectible in connection with construction activities associated with the Company’s investment in CSH Montreal, which was included in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The second immaterial correction related to $0.9 million of pre-development costs that were inadvertently excluded from the impairment of land and pre-development costs recorded in 2014. This correction had the effect of decreasing the carrying value of land and properties held-for-sale as of December 31, 2014 and increasing the impairment of land and pre-development costs by $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). No changes in net cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows resulted from these immaterial corrections.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, "Consolidation (Topic 810)", which amends the consolidation requirements in ASC 810, “Consolidation”. ASU 2015-02 affects reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. Specifically, the amendments: (i) modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities ("VIEs") or voting interest entities, (ii) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, (iii) affect the consolidated analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships and (iv) provide a scope exception for certain entities. ASU 2015-02 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the impact is not known.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, "Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)", which simplifies the presentation of debt issuance costs. To simplify presentation of debt issuance costs, the amendments in this update require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. For public business entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments in this Update is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the impact is not known.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 "Revenue From Contracts With Customers" which provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers (excluding certain contracts, such as lease contracts) to improve comparability within industries. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue to reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount the entity expects to be paid in exchange for those goods and services and provide enhanced disclosures, all to provide more comprehensive guidance for transactions such as service revenue and contract modifications. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and may be applied using either a full retrospective or modified approach upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the impact is not known.

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
HSRE and DCV Holdings [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 9,055	$ 6,456
Expenses:
Operating expenses	6,968	3,561
Interest expense	2,894	1,051
Depreciation and amortization	3,856	2,030
Other (income) expense	16	(53)
Total expenses	13,734	6,589
Net loss	(4,679)	(133)
Copper Beech [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Revenues	7,628	19,265
Expenses:
Operating expenses	2,571	7,300
Interest expense	2,445	2,940
Depreciation and amortization	1,263	9,777
Other (income) expense	182	339
Total expenses	6,461	20,356
Net loss	$ 1,167	$ (1,091)

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Organization and Description of Business (Details Textual) - Mar. 31, 2015 - Number		Total
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Real Estate Investment Trust ,Percentage Of Distribute Of Income,Minimum		90.00%
Properties in Operation		44
Re Development Property		100.00%
Trs Subsidiary [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		100.00%
Seven Properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		48.00%
Property One [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		84.00%
Property Two [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		85.00%
Joint Venture Owned Copper Beech Properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation	[1]	9
Wholly Owned Copper Beech Properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		26
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		100.00%
Wholly owned Grove properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		36
Joint Venture Grove properties [Member]
Organization And Description Of Business [Line Items]
Properties in Operation		8

[1] The Company holds a 48% ownership interest in 7 unconsolidated properties, as well as an 84% interest in one property and an 85% interest in one property, both of which are consolidated. See Notes 6 and 18 for additional information.

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Student Housing Properties (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Real Estate [Abstract]

Schedule Of Student Housing Properties Net [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the Company’s student housing properties, net for the periods presented (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Land	$	117,352	$	76,043
Buildings and improvements		1,291,153		781,739
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		97,792		78,180
		1,506,297		935,962
Less: accumulated depreciation		(138,830)		(128,121)
	$	1,367,467	$	807,841

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Useful Lives Of Assets [Table Text Block]

Depreciation and amortization are recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Land improvements	15 years
Buildings and leasehold improvements	10-40 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	5-10 years

Schedule Of Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Receivable [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2014	$	(459)
Bad debt expense		(741)
Write offs		9
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	(1,191)

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Business Acquisitions (Details Textual) - Property, Plant and Equipment, Type [Domain] - Scenario, Unspecified [Domain] - Subsequent Event Type [Domain] $ in Thousands, shares in Millions, CAD in Millions	1 Months Ended			2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2013 CAD	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2013 USD ($)
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					$ 7,700
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments					(2,149)	$ 319
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Loss							$ 300
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Revenues and Gains Recognized						700
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Expenses and Losses Recognized					1,300	300
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Net Gains and Losses					33,400
Limited Partnership Units Of Operating Partnership Units Issued | shares	10.4
Other Liabilities				$ 47,071	$ 47,071				$ 22,092
Amortization	$ 1,000
Cb Portfolio Acquisition [Member]
Our Ownership										48.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage										48.00%
Cb Portfolio Acquisition [Member] | Purchase and Sale Agreement [Member]
Our Ownership										48.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage										48.00%
Copper Beech [Member]
Business Acquisitions Costs Of Acquired Entity Purchase Price										$ 230,600
Our Ownership				100.00%	100.00%		67.00%		48.00%
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments					$ 21,600
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Description					100% interest in 25 student housing properties; 100% interest in 2 undeveloped land parcels and 1 corporate office building; 85% interest in 1 student housing property (Copper Beech Klondike or CBTC 8); 84% interest in 1 student housing property (Copper Beech Northbrook or CBTC 9); 48% interest in 7 student housing properties; and no ownership interest in 1 student housing property (Copper Beech Kalamazoo Phase I).
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Expenses and Losses Recognized					$ 1,300	500
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Net Gains and Losses					$ 21,600
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage				100.00%	100.00%		67.00%		48.00%
Other Liabilities				$ 6,300	$ 6,300
Amortization					$ 13,000	$ 13,000
DCV Holdings, LP [Member]
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture | CAD			CAD 60.0
CSH Montreal LP [Member]
Our Ownership				47.00%	47.00%				47.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage				47.00%	47.00%				47.00%
First CB Closing [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs					$ 58,900
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Revenues and Gains Recognized					9,200
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions, Net Gains and Losses					$ 7,300
Limited Partnership Units Of Operating Partnership Units Issued | shares				10.4	10.4
Limited Partnership Units Of Operating Partnership Units Issued Value				$ 71,300	$ 71,300
Depreciation				2,800
Amortization				$ 8,700
Second CB Closing [Member]
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs					$ 1,400
Limited Partnership Units Of Operating Partnership Units Issued | shares				2.0	2.0
Limited Partnership Units Of Operating Partnership Units Issued Value				$ 13,000	$ 13,000
Copper Beech Kalamazoo [Member]
Our Ownership				48.00%	48.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage				48.00%	48.00%
Copper Beech Klondike And Copper Beech Northbrook [Member]
Our Ownership								100.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage								100.00%
Harrison Street Real Estate [Member]
Our Ownership		80.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		80.00%
Harrison Street Real Estate Campus Crest [Member]
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value		$ 1,900
Grove At Stateboro Georgia [Member]
Our Ownership		20.00%
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		20.00%
The Grove at Denton, Texas [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					$ 7,700

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015
Land Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	15 years
Buildings and Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	10 years
Buildings and Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	40 years
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	10 years

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Strategic Repositioning Initiatives (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Severance Costs [Table Text Block]

Changes to the severance accrual during the three months ended March 31, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2014	$	5,743
New charges		122
Cash payments		(1,732)
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	4,133

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Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities of the TRSs are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Solar investment tax credit	$	2,116	$	2,116
Federal and state net operating loss		2,131		2,284
Other		22		22
Less: valuation allowance		(3,849)		(4,002)
Total deferred tax assets		420		420
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred revenue		-		-
Depreciation and amortization		(420)		(420)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(420)		(420)
Net deferred tax assets	$	-	$	-

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Organization and Description of Business

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

1. Organization and Description of Business

Campus Crest Communities, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, referred to herein as the “Company,” and “Campus Crest,” is a self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on owning and managing a high-quality student housing portfolio located close to college campuses. The Company currently owns the sole general partner interest and owns limited partner interests in Campus Crest Communities Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”). The Company holds substantially all of its assets, and conducts substantially all of its business, through the Operating Partnership.

Campus Crest has made an election to qualify, and the Company believes it is operating so as to qualify, as a REIT under Sections 856 through 859 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”). As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent that the Company meets the organizational and operational requirements and its distributions equal or exceed 90.0% of REIT taxable income. For all periods subsequent to the REIT election, the Company has met the organizational and operational requirements and distributions have exceeded net taxable income.

The Company has made the election to treat Campus Crest TRS Holdings, Inc. ("TRS Holdings"), its wholly-owned subsidiary, as a taxable REIT subsidiary (“TRS”). TRS Holdings holds the development, construction and management companies (see Note 4 regarding the discontinuation of operations of the Company’s development and construction services companies) that provide services to entities in which the Company does not own 100% of the equity interests. As a TRS, the operations of TRS Holdings and its subsidiaries are generally subject to federal, state and local income and franchise taxes.

As of March 31, 2015, the Company has ownership interests in 44 operating student housing Grove properties containing approximately 9,000 apartment units and 24,700 beds. Thirty-six of the Company’s operating Grove properties are wholly-owned and eight of the Company’s operating Grove properties are owned through joint ventures with Harrison Street Real Estate Capital ("HSRE"). Additionally, the Company holds ownership interests in three  evo®  properties as joint ventures containing approximately 1,500 units and 3,000 beds, one with HSRE and Brandywine Realty Trust ("Brandywine"), and two with Beaumont Partners SA (“Beaumont”). The Company also has one wholly owned redevelopment property containing approximately 170 units and 340 beds. As of March 31, 2015, the Company held a 100% interest in 26 Copper Beech operating properties with approximately 3,700 units and 10,500 beds and varying ownership interests in 9 operating properties with approximately 2,400 units and 6,000 beds.

	Properties in
	Operation
Wholly owned Grove properties		36
Joint Venture Grove properties		8
Total Grove Properties		44
Joint Venture evo properties		3
Wholly owned Copper Beech properties		26
Joint Venture owned Copper Beech properties(1)		9
Total Copper Beech properties		35
Total Portfolio(2)		82

⁽¹⁾ The Company holds a 48% ownership interest in 7 unconsolidated properties, as well as an 84% interest in one property and an 85% interest in one property, both of which are consolidated. See Notes 6 and 18 for additional information.

⁽²⁾ The Company’s 100% owned redevelopment property in Toledo, Ohio, which was acquired in March 2013 is excluded. As of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015, this property was classified as held for sale.

Subsequent to March 31, 2015, the Company engaged in additional transactions related to the remaining interest in the Copper Beech Portfolio (see Note 18).

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Business Acquisitions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule Of Purchase Price Allocations [Table Text Block]

The following table is an allocation of the purchase price (in thousands):

Land	$	4,770
Buildings and improvements		18,276
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		2,284
In-place leases		1,524
Other		(377)
Fair value of debt at acquisition		(16,901)
		9,576
Less estimated fair value of interest owned prior to acquisition		(1,915)
	$	7,661

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the provisional fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the First CB Closing discussed above:

	January 30,
	2015
Assets acquired:
Land	$	41,309
Buildings		504,960
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		19,192
Intangibles		29,692
Other assets, including cash of $5,074		7,882
Total assets acquired	$	603,035
Liabilities assumed:
Mortgage, construction loans and other debt	$	263,786
Other liabilities		9,378
Total liabilities assumed	$	273,164
Net assets acquired	$	329,871

Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block]

The pro forma information is provided for informational purposes only and is not indicative of results that would have occurred or which may occur in the future:

	Pro Forma
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Total revenues	$	48,298	$	38,422
Net loss	$	(11,761)	$	(9,885)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders	$	(10,773)	$	(11,333)

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Subsequent Events (Details Textual) - Range [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Jun. 15, 2015	May. 21, 2015	Apr. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 25, 2015	May. 03, 2015	May. 02, 2015	Mar. 24, 2015	Jan. 31, 2013
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					$ 7,700
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period						1.30%
Long-Term Line Of Credit	[1]				263,500	$ 217,500
Loans Payable											$ 50,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Long-Term Line Of Credit					213,500
Unsecured Debt											$ 250,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage							0.00%
Fair Value Of Non Controlling Interest				$ 4,600
Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Description of Notice of Default			The Notice further provided that, pursuant to Section 6.01(b) of the Indenture, the Operating Partnership elected that the sole remedy for the reporting event of default would consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Exchangeable Senior Notes at a rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Exchangeable Senior Notes for the first 90 days of the 180-day period in which such reporting event of default is continuing, beginning on, and including, the date on which such reporting event of default first occurs and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Exchangeable Senior Notes for the last 90 days of such 180-day period as long as such reporting event of default is continuing, payable subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
Modification Fees										$ 100
Indemnity Receivable					4,000
Fair Value Of Guarantees					4,000
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents									$ 5,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Copper Beech Transaction [Member]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage				48.00%
Cash paid to Sellers				$ 1,400
Operating Partnership Issued To The Sellers				2,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Penn State Seller [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross				2,300
Equity Method Investment, Aggregate Cost				4,600
Equity Method Investment Unpaid Balance				$ 2,300
Subsequent Event [Member] | Penn State Seller [Member] | Copper Beech Klondike [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent				15.00%
Subsequent Event [Member] | Penn State Seller [Member] | Copper Beech Northbrook [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent				16.00%
Subsequent Event [Member] | Clinton Group [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners								1.60%
Subsequent Event [Member] | CBTC 23 [Member]
Long-Term Line Of Credit					1,000
Indemnity Receivable					$ 4,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | San Angelo Sale [Member]
Sale Of Ownership Interest Percentage		100.00%
Subsequent Event [Member] | Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate During Period			4.75%

[1] As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in most of the Copper Beech properties. This acquisition represents $220.5 million of the increase in the fixed-rate mortgage loans, $37.9 million of the increase in the construction loans and $4.5 million of the increase in other debt related to Copper Beech letters of credit.

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Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

The following tables set forth the Company’s segment information for the periods presented (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Grove and evo Operations:
Revenues from external customers	$	30,901	$	24,608
Operating expenses		21,727		17,500
Income from wholly-owned student housing operations		9,174		7,108
Severance expense		(508)		-
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities		(1,372)		251
Operating income	$	7,294	$	7,359
Depreciation and amortization	$	7,717	$	6,770
Capital expenditures	$	1,376	$	30,218
Investment in unconsolidated entities	$	43,109	$	93,291
Total segment assets at end of period	$	927,097	$	972,460
Copper Beech Operations:
Revenues from external customers	$	9,199	$	-
Operating expenses (excluding amortization of in place leases)		6,187		-
Intangible amortization of in place leases		8,661		-
Loss from wholly-owned student housing operations		(5,649)		-
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities		(777)		68
Operating income (loss)	$	(6,426)	$	68
Depreciation and amortization	$	11,534	$	-
Capital expenditures	$	338	$	-
Investment in unconsolidated entities	$	50,674	$	266,010
Total segment assets at end of period	$	652,609	$	266,010
Property Management Services:
Revenues from external customers	$	229	$	103
Intersegment revenues		122		58
Total revenues		351		161
Operating expenses		233		365
Operating income (loss)	$	118	$	(204)
Depreciation and amortization	$	188	$	1
Total segment assets at end of period	$	-	$	-
Reconciliations:
Total segment revenues	$	40,451	$	24,769
Elimination of intersegment revenues		(122)		(58)
Total consolidated revenues	$	40,329	$	24,711
Segment operating income	$	986	$	7,223
Interest expense		(7,788)		(3,376)
Transaction costs		(1,492)		-
Gain on purchase of Copper Beech		21,642		-
Gain on sale of land and unconsolidated joint ventures		7,748		-
Corporate depreciation and amortization		(317)		(209)
Net unallocated expenses related to corporate overhead		(8,115)		(3,785)
Write off of other assets		(769)		-
Other income (expense)		(55)		66
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income tax benefit	$	11,840	$	(81)
Total segment assets	$	1,579,706	$	1,238,470
Unallocated corporate assets and eliminations		4,505		12,430
Total assets at end of period	$	1,584,211	$	1,250,900

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Business Acquisitions (Details) - Denton Texas Acquisition [Member] $ in Thousands	Jan. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Land	$ 4,770
Buildings and improvements	18,276
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	2,284
In-place leases	1,524
Other	(377)
Fair value of debt at acquisition	(16,901)
Business Acquisitions Purchase Price Allocation Assets Acquired	9,576
Less estimated fair value of interest owned prior to acquisition	(1,915)
Business Acquisitions Costs Of Acquired Entity Purchase Price	$ 7,661

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Earnings per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Income from continuing operations		$ 11,840	$ 109
Preferred stock dividends		(3,050)	(3,050)
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		(2,166)	(8)
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		10,956	(2,933)
Inocme (Loss) from discontinued operations		(1,157)	939
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		9	(7)
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)	946
Basic earnings per share:
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		10,956	(2,933)
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)	946
Net income (Loss) attributable to common stockholders		$ 9,790	$ (1,987)
Net income attributable to common stockholders		64,720,000	64,495,000
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)		$ 0.17	$ (0.04)
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)		(0.02)	0.01
Income (Loss) attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)		$ 0.15	$ (0.03)
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Interest expense on exchangeable debt		$ 1,356
Incremental shares from assumed conversion	[1]	13,966	434
Diluted earnings per share:
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		$ 12,312	$ (2,933)
Income (Loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)	946
Net income (Loss) attributable to common stockholders		$ 11,146	$ (1,987)
Net income attributable to common stockholders		78,686,000	64,929,000
Income (Loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)		$ 0.15	$ (0.04)
Income (LOss) from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)		(0.01)	0.01
Income (Loss) attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)		$ 0.14	$ (0.03)

[1] The effect of the inclusion of all potentially dilutive securities for 2015 is dilutive when computing diluted earnings per share. For the period ended March 31, 2015, shares issuable upon settlement of the exchange feature of the Exchangeable Senior Notes were dilutive and were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share based on the “if-converted” method. The computation of diluted earnings per share used net income adjusted for interest expense related to the Exchangeable Senior Notes of $1.4 million and a share price equal to the March 31, 2015 ending share value of $7.16 per share to calculate the incremental shares. For the period ended December 31, 2014, shares issuable upon settlement of the exchange feature of the Exchangeable Senior Notes were anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share based on the “if-converted” method.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - Entity [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Investment in real estate, net:
Student housing properties ($32,875 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	$ 1,506,297	$ 935,962
Accumulated depreciation (($318) related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	(138,830)	(128,121)
Land and property held for sale	13,588	37,163
Land held for investment	7,413	7,413
Investment in real estate, net	1,388,468	852,417
Investment in unconsolidated entities	93,783	259,740
Cash and cash equivalents ($670 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	35,260	15,240
Restricted cash	8,045	5,429
Student receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,191 and $459, respectively ($36, net of allowance of $9 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	2,857	1,587
Cost and earnings in excess of construction billings	618	3,887
Intangible assets, net	21,030	0
Other assets ($236 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	34,150	35,742
Total assets	1,584,211	1,174,042
Liabilities:
Mortgage and construction loans ($21,170 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	566,495	300,673
Line of credit and other debt	367,976	317,746
Accounts payable and accrued expenses ($534 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	36,562	53,816
Construction billings in excess of cost and earnings	0	481
Other liabilities ($607 related to VIE as of December 31, 2014)	47,071	22,092
Total liabilities	$ 1,018,104	$ 694,808
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized: 8.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (liquidation preference $25.00 per share), 6,100,000 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	$ 61	$ 61
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 and 500,000,000 shares authorized, 64,720,361 and 64,742,713 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	648	648
Additional common and preferred paid-in capital	780,665	773,998
Accumulated deficit and distributions	(288,726)	(301,566)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(3,174)	(2,616)
Total Campus Crest Communities, Inc. stockholders' equity	489,474	470,525
Noncontrolling interests	76,633	8,709
Total equity	566,107	479,234
Total liabilities and equity	$ 1,584,211	$ 1,174,042

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Balance at beginning of period	$ (459)
Bad debt expense	(741)	$ (403)
Write offs	9
Balance at end of period	$ (1,191)

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 10,683	$ 1,048
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	19,756	6,980
Amortization of fair value of debt adjustments	(1,015)	0
Write-off of other assets	769	0
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount	788	665
Gain on sale of land and unconsolidated entities	(7,748)	0
Loss on disposal of assets	7	0
Proceeds received for business interruption insurance	0	725
Provision for bad debts	741	403
Gain on purchase of Copper Beech	(21,642)	0
Equity in (earnings) losses of unconsolidated entities	2,149	(319)
Distributions of earnings from unconsolidated entities	360	0
Share based compensation expense	1,014	677
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Restricted cash	(283)	(216)
Student receivables	(830)	(396)
Construction billings	2,788	1,730
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(2,925)	(6,657)
Other	7,917	(2,356)
Net cash provided by operating activities	12,529	2,284
Investing activities:
Investments in developed properties	(12,587)	(29,016)
Proceeds received from sales of land	28,334	0
Insurance proceeds received for damaged assets	375	590
Investments in student housing properties	(1,339)	(1,295)
Acquisition of Copper Beech, net of cash acquired of $5,074	(53,814)	0
Investments in unconsolidated entities	(1,199)	(41,382)
Acquisition of previously unconsolidated entities	0	(7,661)
Proceeds received from sales of previously unconsolidated entities	978	0
Capital distributions from unconsolidated entities	154	4,333
Corporate capital expenditures	(647)	(1,912)
Proceeds received from the sale of corporate aircraft	3,811	0
Change in restricted cash	442	12,084
Net cash used in investing activities	(35,492)	(64,259)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from mortgage and construction loans	23,825	2,001
Repayments of mortgage and construction loans	(16,559)	(608)
Proceeds from line of credit and other debt	46,000	72,500
Repayments of line of credit and other debt	(154)	(15,300)
Debt issuance costs	(1,213)	(575)
Dividends paid to common stockholders	(5,830)	(10,643)
Dividends paid to preferred stockholders	(3,050)	(3,050)
Dividends paid to noncontrolling interest	(36)	(72)
Net cash provided by financing activities	42,983	44,253
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	20,020	(17,722)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	15,240	32,054
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	35,260	14,332
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized	9,336	3,357
Cash paid for income taxes	0	376
Non-cash investing and financing activity:
Common and preferred stock dividends declared but not paid	0	13,763
Assumption of mortgage, construction loans and other debt related to purchase of previously unconsolidated entities	263,786	16,822
Change in non-controlling interests resulting from ownership change	5,653	0
Change in receivables related to sales of previously unconsolidated entities	1,256	0
Change in insurance proceeds receivable related to damaged assets	(375)	181
Accounts payable related to capital expenditures	66	9,112
Increase in other assets and other liabilities for fair value of guarantee obligation and corresponding indemnity related to CBTC 23	3,950	0
Share-based compensation capitalized to development in process	0	383
Copper Beech Properties [Member]
Non-cash investing and financing activity:
Change in non-controlling interests resulting from ownership change	(75,827)	0
The Company acquired substantially all of the remaining ownership, In conjunction with the acquisition liabilities assumed were as follows:
Fair value of assets acquired	597,961	0
Cash paid, net of cash acquired	(53,814)	0
Company's ownership interest prior to the acquisition	(167,208)	0
Gain recognized on transaction	(21,642)	0
Deferred gain	(6,306)	0
Liabilities assumed	273,164	0
HSRE IV [Member]
The Company acquired substantially all of the remaining ownership, In conjunction with the acquisition liabilities assumed were as follows:
Fair value of assets acquired	0	26,854
Cash paid, net of cash acquired	0	(7,661)
Company's ownership interest prior to the acquisition	0	(1,915)
Liabilities assumed	$ 0	$ 17,278

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Asset Dispositions and Discontinued Operations (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 09, 2015	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 16, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jun. 25, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Productive Assets			$ 28,300
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Properties	$ 3,800		$ 3,100
Secured Debt				$ 566,495	$ 300,673
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt					4,600
Guarantees [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Secured Debt					$ 3,300
Subsequent Event [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage						0.00%
Proceeds from Sale of Notes Receivable				$ 1,300
Joint Venture [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Properties		$ 1,000
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		10.00%		63.90%
Oklahoma [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from Sale of Notes Receivable		$ 1,900
Lawrence And Kansas [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Properties				$ 1,300

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Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Mortgage Loans Construction Loans and Line Of Credit [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the Company’s mortgage and construction notes payable, the Credit Facility (defined below), Exchangeable Senior Notes (defined below), and other debt (in thousands):

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Fixed-rate mortgage loans (1)	$	387,019	$	163,341
Variable-rate mortgage loans		16,548		16,613
Construction loans (1)		162,928		120,719
Line of credit (1)		263,500		217,500
Exchangeable senior notes		97,588		97,419
Other debt		6,888		2,827
	$	934,471	$	618,419

⁽¹⁾ As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in most of the Copper Beech properties. This acquisition represents $220.5 million of the increase in the fixed-rate mortgage loans, $37.9 million of the increase in the construction loans and $4.5 million of the increase in other debt related to Copper Beech letters of credit.

Schedule Of Debt Instrument [Table Text Block]

Mortgage and construction loans for the periods presented consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Face Amount		Principal Outstanding at 3/31/2015		Principal Outstanding at 12/31/2014			Stated Interest Rate		Interest Rate at 3/31/2015			Maturity Date (1)	Amortization
Construction loans
The Grove at Muncie	$	14,567	$	13,892	$	13,892			LIBOR + 225 BPS		2.43	%	7/31/2015		Interest only
The Grove at Slippery Rock		17,961		17,738		16,031			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	6/21/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Fort Collins		19,073		19,073		19,073			LIBOR + 190 BPS		2.08	%	7/13/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Pullman		16,016		10,886		10,886			LIBOR + 220 BPS		2.38	%	9/5/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Grand Forks		16,916		15,414		12,474			LIBOR + 200 BPS		2.18	%	2/5/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Gainesville		30,069		25,593		22,836			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	3/13/2017		Interest only
Copper Beech at Ames		23,551		21,797		21,170			LIBOR + 225 BPS		2.43	%	5/2/2017		Interest only
Toledo Vivo		9,404		4,377		4,357			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	11/25/2017		Interest only
CMU Phase II—Mount Pleasant, MI		10,130		9,120		-	(6)		LIBOR + 250 BPS		2.68	%	2/1/2017		30 years	(7)
Statesboro, GA Phase II		9,703		9,288		-	(6)		LIBOR + 250 BPS		2.68	%	11/1/2016		30 years	(7)
Auburn, AL		15,750		15,750		-	(6)		LIBOR + 200 BPS		2.18	%	2/6/2017		Interest only
Mortgage loans
The Grove at Denton		17,167		16,549		16,613			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	3/1/2017		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Milledgeville		16,250		15,583		15,640			6.12%		6.12	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Carrollton and The Grove at Las Cruces		29,790		28,571		28,674			6.13%		6.13	%	10/11/2016		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Asheville		14,800		14,251		14,304			5.77%		5.77	%	4/11/2017		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Ellensburg		16,125		15,784		15,845			5.10%		5.10	%	9/1/2018		30 years	(3)
The Grove at Nacogdoches		17,160		16,792		16,857			5.01%		5.01	%	9/1/2018		30 years	(3)
The Grove at Greeley		15,233		14,880		14,945			4.29%		4.29	%	10/1/2018		30 years	(3)
The Grove at Clarksville		16,350		16,167		16,238			4.03%		4.03	%	7/1/2022		30 years	(4)
The Grove at Columbia		23,775		22,623		22,738			3.83%		3.83	%	7/1/2022		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Statesboro		18,100		18,047		18,100			4.01%		4.01	%	1/1/2023		30 years	(5)
Copper Beech I - State College		5,250		5,136		-	(6)		5.61%		5.61	%	2/11/2016		30 years	(2)
Copper Beech II - State College		8,805		9,446		-	(6)		5.97%		5.97	%	8/1/2019		30 years	(2)
Oakwood - State College		5,750		6,119		-	(6)		4.99%		4.99	%	10/1/2020		30 years	(2)
IUP Phase I - Indiana		6,500		6,500		-	(6)		2.15%		2.15	%	6/2/2017		Interest only
IUP Phase II - Indiana		6,250		6,027		-	(6)		5.90%		5.90	%	10/1/2015		30 years	(2)
Radford		12,400		12,624		-	(6)		5.99%		5.99	%	11/6/2016		30 years	(2)
Bloomington		10,860		7,873		-	(6)		6.22%		6.22	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
CMU Phase I - Mount Pleasant, MI		20,000		18,455		-	(6)		5.47%		5.47	%	10/1/2015		30 years	(2)
Bowling Green Phase I		13,000		12,344		-	(6)		5.63%		5.63	%	10/1/2015		30 years	(2)
Allendale Phase I		23,780		24,110		-	(6)		5.98%		5.98	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
Allendale Phase II		11,896		12,621		-	(6)		6.27%		6.27	%	9/6/2017		30 years	(2)
Columbia, MO		24,516		24,997		-	(6)		6.22%		6.22	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
Statesboro, GA Phase I		31,000		32,455		-	(6)		5.81%		5.81	%	10/6/2017		30 years	(2)
Columbia, SC Phase I		36,936		38,995		-	(6)		6.27%		6.27	%	9/6/2017		30 years	(2)
Columbia, SC Phase II		6,300		6,618		-	(6)		5.41%		5.41	%	8/1/2020		30 years	(2)
			$	566,495	$	300,673

(1)	For the construction loans, the maturity date is the stated maturity date in the respective loan agreements, some of which can be extended for an additional one to two years, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, depending on the loan. Prior to the filing of this document, the construction loan for The Grove at Fort Collins was extended to July 31, 2016. The extension for the construction loan for The Grove at Muncie is pending an appraisal. Additionally, for loans that have matured or will mature during 2015, the Company is actively pursuing an extension or refinancing of those loans.
(2)	Loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest, plus certain reserve and escrows, until maturity when all principal is due.
(3)	Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through September 2013. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.
(4)	Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through August 2014. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.
(5)	Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through January 2015. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.
(6)	As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in 28 of the Copper Beech properties. Accordingly, these balances were not recognized by the Company as of December 31, 2014. As part of recording the mortgage loans from the First CB Closing at fair value, the outstanding amount, after giving effect for each loan’s respective provisional fair value adjustment, could result in an outstanding balance greater than the face amount of the mortgage loan. These fair value adjustments are amortized to interest expense over the term of the respective mortgage loans.
(7)	Loan required interest only payments until the loan was extended in March of 2015. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves, are payable monthly until maturity.

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Scheduled debt maturities for the remainder of 2015 and each of the four years subsequent to December 31, 2015 and thereafter, are as follows (in thousands):

2015	$	58,643
2016		187,846
2017		440,934
2018		164,684
2019		9,470
Thereafter		63,556
Total outstanding debt		925,133
Convertible note discount		(2,412)
Copper Beech debt fair value adjustment		11,750
Outstanding as of March 31, 2015, net of discount and fair value adjustment	$	934,471

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Debt (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal Outstanding		$ 566,495	$ 300,673
Stated Interest Rate
The Grove at Muncie [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 14,567
Principal Outstanding		$ 13,892	13,892
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 225 BPS
Interest Rate		2.43%
Maturity Date	[1]	Jul. 31, 2015
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
The Grove at Slippery Rock [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 17,961
Principal Outstanding		$ 17,738	16,031
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 215 BPS
Interest Rate		2.33%
Maturity Date	[1]	Jun. 21, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
The Grove at Fort Collins [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 19,073
Principal Outstanding		$ 19,073	19,073
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 190 BPS
Interest Rate		2.08%
Maturity Date	[1]	Jul. 13, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
The Grove at Pullman [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 16,016
Principal Outstanding		$ 10,886	10,886
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 220 BPS
Interest Rate		2.38%
Maturity Date	[1]	Sep. 05, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
The Grove at Grand Forks [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 16,916
Principal Outstanding		$ 15,414	12,474
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 200 BPS
Interest Rate		2.18%
Maturity Date	[1]	Feb. 05, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
The Grove At Gainesville [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 30,069
Principal Outstanding		$ 25,593	22,836
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 215 BPS
Interest Rate		2.33%
Maturity Date	[1]	Mar. 13, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
Copper Beech At Ames [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 23,551
Principal Outstanding		$ 21,797	21,170
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 225 BPS
Interest Rate		2.43%
Maturity Date	[1]	May 02, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
Toledo Vivo [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 9,404
Principal Outstanding		$ 4,377	4,357
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 215 BPS
Interest Rate		2.33%
Maturity Date	[1]	Nov. 25, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
CMU Phase II Mount Pleasant MI [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 10,130
Principal Outstanding		$ 9,120	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 250 BPS
Interest Rate		2.68%
Maturity Date	[1]	Feb. 01, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[3]	30 years
Statesboro GA Phase II [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 9,703
Principal Outstanding		$ 9,288	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 250 BPS
Interest Rate		2.68%
Maturity Date	[1]	Nov. 01, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[3]	30 years
Auburn AL [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 15,750
Principal Outstanding		$ 15,750	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 200 BPS
Interest Rate		2.18%
Maturity Date	[1]	Feb. 06, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
The Grove At Denton [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 17,167
Principal Outstanding		$ 16,549	16,613
Stated Interest Rate		LIBOR + 215 BPS
Interest Rate		2.33%
Maturity Date	[1]	Mar. 01, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
The Grove at Milledgeville [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 16,250
Principal Outstanding		$ 15,583	15,640
Stated Interest Rate		6.12%
Interest Rate		6.12%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
The Grove at Carrollton and The Grove at Las Cruces [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 29,790
Principal Outstanding		$ 28,571	28,674
Stated Interest Rate		6.13%
Interest Rate		6.13%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 11, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
The Grove at Asheville [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 14,800
Principal Outstanding		$ 14,251	14,304
Stated Interest Rate		5.77%
Interest Rate		5.77%
Maturity Date	[1]	Apr. 11, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
The Grove at Ellensburg [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 16,125
Principal Outstanding		$ 15,784	15,845
Stated Interest Rate		5.10%
Interest Rate		5.10%
Maturity Date	[1]	Sep. 01, 2018
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[5]	30 years
The Grove at Nacogdoches [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 17,160
Principal Outstanding		$ 16,792	16,857
Stated Interest Rate		5.01%
Interest Rate		5.01%
Maturity Date	[1]	Sep. 01, 2018
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[5]	30 years
The Grove at Greeley [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 15,233
Principal Outstanding		$ 14,880	14,945
Stated Interest Rate		4.29%
Interest Rate		4.29%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2018
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[5]	30 years
The Grove at Clarksville [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 16,350
Principal Outstanding		$ 16,167	16,238
Stated Interest Rate		4.03%
Interest Rate		4.03%
Maturity Date	[1]	Jul. 01, 2022
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[6]	30 years
The Grove at Columbia [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 23,775
Principal Outstanding		$ 22,623	22,738
Stated Interest Rate		3.83%
Interest Rate		3.83%
Maturity Date	[1]	Jul. 01, 2022
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
The Grove at Statesboro [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 18,100
Principal Outstanding		$ 18,047	18,100
Stated Interest Rate		4.01%
Interest Rate		4.01%
Maturity Date	[1]	Jan. 01, 2023
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[7]	30 years
Copper Beech I State College [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 5,250
Principal Outstanding		$ 5,136	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.61%
Interest Rate		5.61%
Maturity Date	[1]	Feb. 11, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Copper Beech II State College [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 8,805
Principal Outstanding		$ 9,446	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.97%
Interest Rate		5.97%
Maturity Date	[1]	Aug. 01, 2019
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Oakwood State College [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 5,750
Principal Outstanding		$ 6,119	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		4.99%
Interest Rate		4.99%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2020
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
IUP Phase I Indiana [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 6,500
Principal Outstanding		$ 6,500	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		2.15%
Interest Rate		2.15%
Maturity Date	[1]	Jun. 02, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms		Interest only
IUP Phase II Indiana [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 6,250
Principal Outstanding		$ 6,027	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.90%
Interest Rate		5.90%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2015
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Radford [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 12,400
Principal Outstanding		$ 12,624	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.99%
Interest Rate		5.99%
Maturity Date	[1]	Nov. 06, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Bloomington [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 10,860
Principal Outstanding		$ 7,873	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		6.22%
Interest Rate		6.22%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
CMU Phase I Mount Pleasant MI [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 20,000
Principal Outstanding		$ 18,455	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.47%
Interest Rate		5.47%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2015
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Bowling Green Phase I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 13,000
Principal Outstanding		$ 12,344	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.63%
Interest Rate		5.63%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2015
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Allendale Phase I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 23,780
Principal Outstanding		$ 24,110	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.98%
Interest Rate		5.98%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Allendale Phase II [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 11,896
Principal Outstanding		$ 12,621	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		6.27%
Interest Rate		6.27%
Maturity Date	[1]	Sep. 06, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Columbia MO [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 24,516
Principal Outstanding		$ 24,997	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		6.22%
Interest Rate		6.22%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 01, 2016
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Statesboro GA Phase I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 31,000
Principal Outstanding		$ 32,455	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.81%
Interest Rate		5.81%
Maturity Date	[1]	Oct. 06, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Columbia SC Phase I [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 36,936
Principal Outstanding		$ 38,995	0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		6.27%
Interest Rate		6.27%
Maturity Date	[1]	Sep. 06, 2017
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years
Columbia SC Phase II [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face Amount		$ 6,300
Principal Outstanding		$ 6,618	$ 0	[2]
Stated Interest Rate		5.41%
Interest Rate		5.41%
Maturity Date	[1]	Aug. 01, 2020
Mortgage Notes Payable Amortization Terms	[4]	30 years

[1] For the construction loans, the maturity date is the stated maturity date in the respective loan agreements, some of which can be extended for an additional one to two years, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, depending on the loan. Prior to the filing of this document, the construction loan for The Grove at Fort Collins was extended to July 31, 2016. The extension for the construction loan for The Grove at Muncie is pending an appraisal. Additionally, for loans that have matured or will mature during 2015, the Company is actively pursuing an extension or refinancing of those loans.

[2] As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in 28 of the Copper Beech properties. Accordingly, these balances were not recognized by the Company as of December 31, 2014. As part of recording the mortgage loans from the First CB Closing at fair value, the outstanding amount, after giving effect for each loan’s respective provisional fair value adjustment, could result in an outstanding balance greater than the face amount of the mortgage loan. These fair value adjustments are amortized to interest expense over the term of the respective mortgage loans.

[3] Loan required interest only payments until the loan was extended in March of 2015. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves, are payable monthly until maturity.

[4] Loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest, plus certain reserve and escrows, until maturity when all principal is due.

[5] Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through September 2013. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.

[6] Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through August 2014. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.

[7] Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through January 2015. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.

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Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

15. Related Party Transactions

The Company leases aircraft from entities in which two of its former executive officers have an ownership interest. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred lease payments related to these entities of $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively. In addition to the minimum lease payments, the Company incurred related operating expenses in connection to the running of the aircrafts. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred operating costs of $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively.

The Company is party to an agreement with an initial term of five years with a subsidiary of an entity affiliated with one of the Company’s directors pursuant to which it offers its tenants a program of insurance services and products. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company received an upfront payment of $100,000 and will receive fees for each tenant it referred that enrolls in the program. Additionally, the Company remits fees paid by the tenant for insurance services and products to the entity affiliated with its Executive Chairman. The Company is not the insurer for such insurance services and products sold. The Company remitted $0.4 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Company is party to an arrangement with an entity, CB Townhome Communities, LLP (“CBTC, LLP”), in which a nominee for the Company’s board of directors, Dr. John McWhirter, has an ownership interest. Historically, the Copper Beech properties have paid CBTC, LLP for the use of a plane owned by another entity in which Dr. McWhirter has an ownership interest, Blackberry Aviation, LLC (“Blackberry”). CBTC, LLP operates the plane which is owned by Blackberry and, based upon estimated expenses to operate the plane (including pilots, fuel, storage, debt service, taxes, and other related operating expenses) determines a cost per flight hour for the upcoming fiscal year. The Copper Beech properties collectively purchase a certain number of hours of flight time and allocate the aggregate cost to the Copper Beech properties based upon the number of beds at each property relative to the total number of beds in the Copper Beech Portfolio. The fiscal year for this arrangement runs from August 1 through July 31 and for year beginning August 1, 2014, the Copper Beech entities agreed to purchase 70 flight hours with a cost of $0.4 million which will be incurred ratably throughout the year.

In connection with the consummation of the acquisition of additional membership interests in the Copper Beech Portfolio, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into a tax protection agreement with certain of the Sellers, including one or more entities in which Dr. John R. McWhirter, a nominee for election as director of the Company, has an ownership interest. Pursuant to the tax protection agreement, unless the Company and the Operating Partnership indemnify the applicable Sellers for certain resulting tax liabilities, the Company and the Operating Partnership have agreed not to sell or otherwise to dispose of in a taxable exchange during the 7-year tax protection period, any of the seventeen protected properties set forth in the tax protection agreement. Further, the Company and the Operating Partnership also agreed to allocate to the Sellers, during the 7-year tax protection period, an aggregate amount of at least $100 million of debt of the Operating Partnership (which amount decreases ratably as the number of OP Units held by the Sellers decreases) without any requirement that any Seller guarantee or directly bear the risk for such indebtedness and, after the end of the 7-year period, to use commercially reasonable efforts to permit the Sellers to enter into guarantees of “qualifying” debt or agreements to return a portion of their deficit capital account so as to permit the Sellers to avoid certain adverse tax consequences. In connection with the acquisition of additional membership interests in the Copper Beech Portfolio, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with certain of the Sellers, including one or more entities in which Dr. John R. McWhirter has an ownership interest, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a shelf registration statement no later than December 31, 2015, covering resales of shares of the Company’s common stock, issuable upon redemption of the OP Units issued to the Sellers as consideration for the acquisition. In addition, the Company agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after filing and to keep the registration statement effective until such time as the Sellers no longer own any OP Units or shares of the Company’s common stock issued upon conversion of the OP Units. Additionally, as of March 31, 2015, one or more entities in which Dr. McWhirter has an ownership interest owned an interest in joint ventures with the Company and the other Sellers, which own 7 of the Copper Beech Portfolio properties (see Note 1).

The unimproved real property located in Charlotte, North Carolina and owned by Copper Beech Townhome Communities Thirty One LLC serves as collateral for a loan in the original principal amount of $1.5 million extended by Clearfield Bank & Trust Company to John R. McWhirter and Jeanette D. McWhirter on December 23, 2008, which loan has a current outstanding principal balance of $1.5 million.

The Company is party to another arrangement with CBTC, LLP whereby CBTC, LLP employs all but one of the people who directly operate the Company’s Copper Beech properties (at the property level and in the Company’s State College, PA satellite office). The individual who has direct responsibilities related to the Company’s Copper Beech properties who is not an employee of CBTC, LLP is a party to a consulting agreement with one of the Company’s wholly-owned entities. CBTC, LLP does not earn any profit as a result of this arrangement as there is no mark-up of the direct costs associated with the employment of the CBTC, LLP personnel.

As described in Notes 1, 6 and 7, the Company retains a noncontrolling interest in several Copper Beech entities in which Dr. John McWhirter also holds an interest.

The Company has net payables of $3.4 million related to borrowings between properties, that were consolidated into the Company’s balance sheet upon acquisition. These net payables are a result of a combination of amounts due to other non-consolidated Copper Beech entities and entities in which Dr. John McWhirter has an ownership interest, but in which Campus Crest has no ownership interest. Additionally, the Company’s balance sheet includes $2.6 million of outstanding amounts due to certain CB Investors, which related to amounts funded prior to Campus Crest’s involvement with Copper Beech. Both the $3.4 million and $2.6 million are currently the subject of on-going negotiations with certain of the CB Investors, the result of which may decrease the amount payable to the CB Investors, thereby potentially increasing the gain on the purchase of Copper Beech.

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Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Instruments [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the fair value of the Company’s mortgages, construction loans payable, other debt and Exchangeable Senior Notes aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (in thousands):

	Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2015	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Carrying Value
Fixed-rate mortgage loans	$	-	$	372,771	$	-	$	387,019
Variable-rate mortgage loans		-		16,417		-		16,548
Construction loans		-		162,011		-		162,928
Exchangeable Senior Notes		-		102,030		-		97,588
Other Debt		-		7,024		-		6,888
December 31, 2014
Fixed-rate mortgage loans	$	-	$	164,808	$	-	$	163,341
Variable-rate mortgage loans		-		16,467		-		16,613
Construction loans		-		119,952		-		120,719
Exchangeable Senior Notes		-		101,793		-		97,419
Other Debt		-		3,014		-		2,827

Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

The table below aggregates the fair values of these assets by their level in the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2014
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
HSRE JV - I	$	212	$	-	$	-	$	212
HSRE JV - V		-		-		-		-
HSRE JV - VI		6,815		-		-		6,815
HSRE JV - X		8,073		-		-		8,073
CSH Montreal		6,947		-		-		6,947
Land Parcels and Toledo		45,518		-		-		45,518
Total assets	$	67,565	$	-	$	-	$	67,565
HSRE JV - V		(4,500)		-		-		(4,500)
Total liabilities	$	(4,500)	$	-	$	-	$	(4,500)

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

17. Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

In the ordinary course of business, certain liens related to the construction of the student housing real estate property may be attached to the Company’s assets by contractors or suppliers. Campus Crest Construction, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is responsible as the general contractor for resolving these liens. There can be no assurance that the Company will not be required to pay amounts greater than currently recorded liabilities to settle these claims.

The Company has properties that are subject to long-term ground leases. Typically, these properties are located on the campuses of colleges or universities. The Company has the right to encumber its leasehold interests with specific property mortgages for the purposes of constructing, remodeling or making improvements on or to these properties. Title to all improvements paid for and constructed on the land remains with the Company until the earlier of termination or expiration of the lease, at which time the title of any buildings constructed on the land will revert to the landlord. Should the Company decide to sell its leasehold interests during the initial term or any renewal terms, the landlord has a right of first refusal to purchase the interests for the same purchase price under the same terms and conditions as contained in the Company’s offer to sell its leasehold interests.

Campus Crest leases space for its corporate headquarters office. Rent is recognized on a straight-line basis. Future minimum payments over the life of the Company’s corporate office lease and long-term ground leases subsequent to March 31, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

2015	$	1,923
2016		2,270
2017		1,963
2018		1,513
2019		1,327
Thereafter		26,821	(1)
Total future minimum lease payments	$	35,817

⁽¹⁾ The Company’s lease obligations total $1.3 million per year through the year 2023. In addition to operating and office leases, the Company has ground leases that average $0.4 million per year through the year 2081.

The Company paid rent for its corporate headquarters office of $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Company guarantees certain mortgage and construction loans and revolving credit facilities related to the Company’s unconsolidated joint ventures. As of March 31, 2015, the Company guarantees: up to 100% of $11.2 million of debt through May 2015 for HSRE I; up to 50% of $132.6 million of debt with varying maturity dates from May 2015 through September 2018 for HSRE V, HSRE VI and HSRE X; and up to 25% of $90.1 million of debt maturing in July 2016 related to HSRE IX. Certain loans which matured in May 2015 and are scheduled to mature during July 2015 are in the process of being refinanced as of the date of this filing. In connection with the guarantee for HSRE I, there is $3.0 million held in escrow that could be used to satisfy a portion of the amount potentially paid under the guarantee. Should there be an event of default in connection with this debt, the Company could be required to fund under these guarantees a maximum amount up to the percentage of the guaranteed amount of the balance of the debt outstanding as of March 31, 2015. The Company estimated the fair value of the guarantees to be $9.4 million, $3.2 million of which relates to the Company's HSRE I investment and is netted against its investment and $6.2 million of which relates to the Company's HSRE V investment and is netted against the value of the investment to the extent the investment is reduced to zero. Following the reduction of the HSRE V investment to zero, a remaining accrual of $5.5 million is presented in other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. The estimated fair value of these guarantees was the amount of the Company’s obligation to fund the excess of the joint ventures’ indebtedness over the estimated fair value of the collateral of the joint ventures’ indebtedness, which is the underlying value of the properties.  

In connection with the Company’s investment in CSH Montreal, the Company provides a guarantee of up to 50% of the outstanding balance of the acquisition and development credit facility (“CSH Montreal Debt”) of CAD 112.0 million ($88.4 million at March 31, 2015 exchange rate). As of March 31, 2015, the outstanding balance of the CSH Montreal Debt was CAD 104.0 million ($82.1 million at March 31, 2015 exchange rate), of which the Company guaranteed CAD 52.0 ($41.1 million at March 31, 2015 exchange rate). The term of the guarantee follows the term of the underlying debt, which matures on January 13, 2016, unless the twelve month extension, which is subject to lender approval, is exercised. The CSH Montreal Debt is secured by, among other things, a first mortgage position on the real estate and improvements owned by CSH Montreal. The Company has estimated the fair value of this guarantee to be immaterial.

The Company does not expect to be required to perform under any of the guarantees discussed above. In the event that the Company is required to perform under one of the guarantees, it believes the borrower’s assets collateralizing the debt would be sufficient to cover the maximum potential amount of future payments under the guarantee, except as disclosed above.

See Note 18 for a discussion of guarantees related to a Copper Beech entity in which the Company expects that it may be required to perform under.

Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to claims, lawsuits and legal proceedings. In addition to the matters described below, the Company is involved in various routine legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Although the outcomes of such routine legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, in the opinion of management, the ultimate resolution of such routine matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

On January 21, 2015, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in the 7th Division of the Jefferson Circuit Court in Jefferson County in Louisville, Kentucky. The case arose from an individual who fell to his death at a construction site located at 2501 South 4th Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Also named as co-defendants in the case are three other companies associated with the construction and/or employment of the deceased individual. The plaintiffs allege, among other things, the Company was negligent and/or allowed a dangerous or hazardous condition to exist on the premises. The plaintiffs’ initial complaint did not specify the amount of damages sought. The Company has filed its responsive pleadings. Based upon the totality of the circumstances, including the existence of insurance coverage and anticipated indemnity from third-parties, the Company does not believe that the lawsuit, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

The Company is not aware of any environmental liability with respect to the properties that could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, assets or results of operations. However, there can be no assurance that such a material environmental liability does not exist. The existence of any such material environmental liability could have an adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations and cash flows.

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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (Details Textual) - Mar. 31, 2015 - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total
Interest Rate Cap One [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Maturity Date	Jan. 22, 2016
Derivative, Cap Interest Rate	2.50%
Interest Rate Cap [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Maturity Date	Jul. 22, 2015
Derivative Liability, Notional Amount	$ 275
Derivative, Cap Interest Rate	2.50%

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Parenthetical) - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2015 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 7,700
Cash Paid For Interest	80.00%
Cash Acquired from Acquisition	$ 5,074
HSRE IV [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	7,700
Copper Beech Properties [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	53,800
Cash Acquired from Acquisition	$ 5,074

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable (in dollars)	$ 1,191	$ 459
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	50,000,000	50,000,000
Preferred Stock Dividend Rate Percentage	8.00%	8.00%
Preferred stock, liquidation preference per share	$ 25	$ 25
Preferred stock, shares issued	6,100,000	6,100,000
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	6,100,000	6,100,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	500,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	64,720,361	64,742,713
Common stock, shares outstanding	64,720,000	64,742,000
Real Estate Investments, Other	$ 1,506,297	$ 935,962
Real Estate Investment Property, Accumulated Depreciation	138,830	128,121
Other Assets	34,150	35,742
Secured Debt	566,495	300,673
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Total	36,562	53,816
Other Liabilities	47,071	22,092
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total	35,260	15,240
Variable Interest Entity, Primary Beneficiary [Member]
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable (in dollars)		9
Real Estate Investments, Other		32,875
Real Estate Investment Property, Accumulated Depreciation		318
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	36	36
Other Assets		236
Secured Debt		21,170
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Total	$ 534	534
Other Liabilities		607
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Total		$ 670

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Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

10.    Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company used variable rate debt to finance the construction of student housing properties in 2014 and prior. These debt obligations allow exposure to variability in cash flows due to fluctuations in interest rates. The Company utilizes derivative instruments (interest rate caps) to limit variability for a portion of the interest payments and to manage exposure to interest rate risk. The Company has two interest rate caps totaling a notional amount of $275 million. Both instruments have a strike rate of 2.5% with maturity dates of July 22, 2015 and January 22, 2016. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value of derivative contracts was insignificant.

Derivatives not designated as hedges are not speculative and are used to manage the Company’s exposure to interest rate movements and other identified risks, but do not meet the strict hedge accounting requirements. Changes in the fair value of derivatives not designated in hedging relationships are recorded directly into earnings. The Company recorded an insignificant loss related to derivatives not designated in hedging relationships in earnings for both the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

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Document And Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Jul. 21, 2015
Document Information [Line Items]
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Registrant Name	Campus Crest Communities, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001490983
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Trading Symbol	CCG
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		64,782,007

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Fair Value Disclosures

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

11. Fair Value Disclosures

Fair value guidance for financial assets and liabilities that are recognized and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis and nonfinancial assets on a nonrecurring basis establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 — Observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Other inputs that are observable directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in markets that are not active or inputs which are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 —  Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data and which the Company makes its own assumptions about how market participants would price the asset or liability.

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company’s financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of interest rate caps. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value of the Company’s interest rate caps, valued using level 2 inputs, was approximately zero.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of a financial instrument represents the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price), other than in a forced sale or liquidation. In instances where inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety has been determined is based on the lowest level input significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Management’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

Financial instruments consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, student receivables, interest rate caps, accounts payable, mortgages, construction loans, Exchangeable Senior Notes, the line of credit and other debt. The carrying value of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, student receivables and accounts payable are representative of their respective fair values due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The estimated fair value of the Company’s revolving line of credit approximates the outstanding balance due to the frequent market based re-pricing of the underlying variable rate index. The estimated fair values of the Company’s mortgages, construction loans and Exchangeable Senior Notes were determined by comparing current borrowing rates and risk spreads to the stated interest rates and risk spreads. The weighted average interest rate for all borrowings was 3.67% and 3.65% at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

The following is a summary of the fair value of the Company’s mortgages, construction loans payable, other debt and Exchangeable Senior Notes aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (in thousands):

	Estimated Fair Value
March 31, 2015	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Carrying Value
Fixed-rate mortgage loans	$	-	$	372,771	$	-	$	387,019
Variable-rate mortgage loans		-		16,417		-		16,548
Construction loans		-		162,011		-		162,928
Exchangeable Senior Notes		-		102,030		-		97,588
Other Debt		-		7,024		-		6,888
December 31, 2014
Fixed-rate mortgage loans	$	-	$	164,808	$	-	$	163,341
Variable-rate mortgage loans		-		16,467		-		16,613
Construction loans		-		119,952		-		120,719
Exchangeable Senior Notes		-		101,793		-		97,419
Other Debt		-		3,014		-		2,827

All of the Company’s nonrecurring valuations were made in connection with property acquisitions in Note 6 and used significant unobservable inputs and, therefore, fall under Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis

Assets measured at fair value on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 consist of joint venture investments related to HSRE I, HSRE V, HSRE VI and HSRE X (the “HSRE Investments”) and to the Company’s investment in CSH Montreal and land parcels that were written-down to their estimated fair value. Factors giving rise to the strategic repositioning, including results below expectations in original underwriting transactions and communication from the venture partner during the year ended December 31, 2014 about their desire to dispose of certain properties in the HSRE Investments in the near term, resulted in the Company’s determination that an other than temporary impairment existed. After the impairments were recorded, the carrying values of the Company’s HSRE Investments and investment in CSH Montreal were $15.1 million and $6.9 million, respectively. The Company engaged third-party specialists to assist with the Company’s valuation of certain of the underlying properties in the HSRE Investments. An income approach was used to determine the fair value of the Company’s HSRE Investments. Inputs and assumptions included in the determination of fair value included the Company’s expectation of projected net operating income to be earned ranging from $1.0 million to $2.6 million and capital expenditures to be incurred at the underlying properties and capitalization rates ranging between 5.9% and 8.5%. The capitalization rates were determined based on the marketability of each of the properties and the extent to which the operations of the property has stabilized. For the Company’s investment in CSH Montreal, the Company used a discounted cash flow valuation technique to estimate the fair value of the Company’s investment. The discounted cash flows take into consideration current occupancy levels with revenue per available bed increasing in conjunction with occupancies growing up to 92% over a four year period, an expected exit value based on a 7.25% capitalization rate, and a 9.25% discount rate. The discount rate includes the Company’s belief that the properties have not stabilized yet, given the occupancy levels of the properties owned by CSH Montreal during its first year of operations. These valuation techniques involve Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy, and the Company believes that the highest and best use of these properties continues to be for student housing. There were no additional impairments to these assets during the three months ended March 31, 2015. 

The table below aggregates the fair values of these assets by their level in the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	As of December 31, 2014
	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
HSRE JV - I	$	212	$	-	$	-	$	212
HSRE JV - V		-		-		-		-
HSRE JV - VI		6,815		-		-		6,815
HSRE JV - X		8,073		-		-		8,073
CSH Montreal		6,947		-		-		6,947
Land Parcels and Toledo		45,518		-		-		45,518
Total assets	$	67,565	$	-	$	-	$	67,565
HSRE JV - V		(4,500)		-		-		(4,500)
Total liabilities	$	(4,500)	$	-	$	-	$	(4,500)

During the three months ended March 31, 2015 certain assets included in the table above were sold. See Note 7 and 8 for additional detail. See Notes 7, 8, 17 and 18 for additional information on the fair value of the guarantees.

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Segments (Details) - Scenario, Unspecified [Domain] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Student Housing Operations:
Revenues from external customers	$ 40,329	$ 24,711
Operating expenses	47,887	21,801
Severance expense	508	0
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities	(2,149)	319
Operating income (loss)	(9,707)	3,229
Investment in unconsolidated entities	93,783		$ 259,740
Total consolidated revenues	229	103
Interest expense	(7,788)	(3,376)
Gain On Purchase Of Copper Beech	21,642	0
Gain on sale of land and unconsolidated joint ventures	7,748	0
Other income (expense)	(55)	66
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income tax benefit	11,840	(81)
Total assets at end of period	1,584,211		$ 1,174,042
Grove and evo Operations [Member]
Student Housing Operations:
Revenues from external customers	30,901	24,608
Operating expenses	21,727	17,500
Income (loss) from wholly-owned student housing operations	9,174	7,108
Severance expense	(508)	0
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities	(1,372)	251
Operating income (loss)	7,294	7,359
Depreciation and amortization	7,717	6,770
Capital expenditures	1,376	30,218
Investment in unconsolidated entities	43,109	93,291
Total segment assets at end of period	927,097	972,460
Copper Beech Operations [Member]
Student Housing Operations:
Revenues from external customers	9,199	0
Operating expenses	6,187	0
Intangible amortization of in place leases	8,661	0
Income (loss) from wholly-owned student housing operations	(5,649)	0
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities	(777)	68
Operating income (loss)	(6,426)	68
Depreciation and amortization	11,534	0
Capital expenditures	338	0
Investment in unconsolidated entities	50,674	266,010
Total segment assets at end of period	652,609	266,010
Property Management Services [Member]
Student Housing Operations:
Revenues from external customers	229	103
Intersegment revenues	122	58
Total segment revenues	351	161
Operating expenses	233	365
Operating income (loss)	118	(204)
Depreciation and amortization	188	1
Total segment assets at end of period	0	0
Reconciliations [Member]
Student Housing Operations:
Intersegment revenues	(122)	(58)
Total segment revenues	40,451	24,769
Total consolidated revenues	40,329	24,711
Segment operating income (loss)	986	7,223
Interest expense	(7,788)	(3,376)
Transaction Costs	(1,492)	0
Gain On Purchase Of Copper Beech	21,642	0
Gain on sale of land and unconsolidated joint ventures	7,748	0
Corporate depreciation and amortization	(317)	(209)
Net unallocated expenses and eliminations	(8,115)	(3,785)
Write off of other assets	(769)	0
Other income (expense)	(55)	66
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income tax benefit	11,840	(81)
Total segment assets at end of period	1,579,706	1,238,470
Unallocated corporate assets and eliminations	4,505	12,430
Total assets at end of period	$ 1,584,211	$ 1,250,900

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - Scenario, Unspecified [Domain] - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Revenues:
Student housing rental	$ 38,790	$ 23,635
Student housing services	1,310	973
Property management services	229	103
Total revenues	40,329	24,711
Operating expenses:
Student housing operations	17,204	10,613
General and administrative	8,038	3,506
Severance	508	0
Write-off of other assets	769	0
Transaction costs	1,492	585
Ground leases	120	117
Depreciation and amortization	19,756	6,980
Total operating expenses	47,887	21,801
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities	(2,149)	319
Operating income (loss)	(9,707)	3,229
Nonoperating income (expense):
Interest expense, net	(7,788)	(3,376)
Gain on purchase of Copper Beech	21,642	0
Gain on sale of land and unconsolidated entities	7,748	0
Other income (expense)	(55)	66
Total nonoperating income (expense), net	21,547	(3,310)
Net income (loss) before income tax benefit	11,840	(81)
Income tax benefit	0	190
Income from continuing operations	11,840	109
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	(1,157)	939
Net income	10,683	1,048
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2,157)	(15)
Dividends on preferred stock	3,050	3,050
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$ 9,790	$ (1,987)
Per share data - basic
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.17	$ (0.04)
(Loss) Income from discontinued operations attributable to common shareholders	(0.02)	0.01
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders	0.15	(0.03)
Per share data - diluted
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders	0.15	(0.04)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to common shareholders	(0.01)	0.01
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders	$ 0.14	$ (0.03)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Basic	64,720	64,495
Diluted	78,686	64,929
Consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss):
Net income	$ 10,683	$ 1,048
Foreign currency translation	(651)	(992)
Comprehensive income	10,032	56
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2,157)	(15)
Foreign currency translation attributable to noncontrolling interest	(93)	7
Dividends on preferred stock	3,050	3,050
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$ 9,232	$ (2,986)

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Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

5. Income Taxes

The Company believes it is operating so as to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore it is not subject to federal income tax as long as it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders each year. As a result, no provision for federal income taxes has been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT, it will be subject to federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on its taxable income and to federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income.

The Company’s TRSs are subject to federal, state, and local income taxes. As such, deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities of the TRSs for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to reverse. Significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities of the TRSs are as follows (in thousands):

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Solar investment tax credit	$	2,116	$	2,116
Federal and state net operating loss		2,131		2,284
Other		22		22
Less: valuation allowance		(3,849)		(4,002)
Total deferred tax assets		420		420
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred revenue		-		-
Depreciation and amortization		(420)		(420)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(420)		(420)
Net deferred tax assets	$	-	$	-

Due to the Company’s decision to discontinue construction and development operations, it believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize the value of its deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the valuation allowance decreased by $0.2 million due to the estimated use of certain state net operating losses. The Company had no unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

As of March 31, 2015 the Company is not under an income tax examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or by any state or local taxing authority. The Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations by the IRS for tax years before 2011 or by state or local income tax authorities for the tax years before 2010.

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Strategic Repositioning Initiatives

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring, Impairment, and Other Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

4. Strategic Repositioning Initiatives

The Company continues to execute its strategic repositioning which began during the third quarter of 2014 and includes, among other things:

(1) Simplifying the business model by discontinuing all construction and development and focusing on organic growth;

(2) Reducing the number of joint ventures through planned dispositions of certain assets within its joint ventures to simplify asset ownership structure and reduce exposure to off-balance sheet obligations;

(3) Disposing of land which was previously held for future development (included in land and property held for sale in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets, some of which were disposed of during the quarter ended March 31, 2015 (see Note 7) and the rest of which the Company expects to dispose of during the remainder of 2015); and,

(4) Undergoing a review of strategic alternatives.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015 the Company sold its interest in the following joint venture properties: The Grove at Stillwater, OK, The Grove at Lawrence, KS, and The Grove at Conway, AR (see Note 7). These joint ventures were included in the Grove and evo Operations segment.

On January 16, 2015, the Company sold a portfolio of six undeveloped land parcels to a leading student housing developer resulting in net sale proceeds of $28.3 million. The portfolio included parcels located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan and Washington. The sale was a part of the Company's previously announced strategic initiative to improve liquidity and simplify the balance sheet by selling certain properties previously held for development. (See Note 7). These land parcels were included in the Grove and evo Operations segment.

The Company also terminated the employment of certain employees and eliminated positions as part of the strategic repositioning. In connection with these terminations, the Company recognized severance expense of $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015, which is included in operating expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Severance expense included $0.4 million for the acceleration of the vesting conditions of restricted shares for the three months ended March 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2015, there was $4.1 million of accrued severance included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet of which $2.7 million and $1.4 million is expected to be paid in the remainder of 2015 and 2016, respectively. Changes to the severance accrual during the three months ended March 31, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2014	$	5,743
New charges		122
Cash payments		(1,732)
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	4,133

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Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

16. Segments

The Company has identified three reportable business segments: (i) Grove and evo operations (ii) Copper Beech operations and (iii) property management services. The Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on operating income (loss). All inter-segment sales pricing is based on current market conditions. Unallocated corporate amounts include general expenses associated with managing the Company’s three reportable operating segments. Prior to the First CB Closing in January 2015, the Company’s segments consisted of student housing operations and property management services. Upon the First CB Closing, the Company added the Copper Beech operations as a new reportable operating segment.  Beginning with the first quarter of 2015, the Company’s chief operating decision maker began reviewing the separate operating results of the three operating segments to make decisions about resources to be allocated to each segment and assess each segment’s performance. Prior to the three months ended September 30, 2014, the Company reported construction and development service as part of the property management segment.  Upon discontinuation of the construction and development operations, all construction and development activities are reported in discontinued operations.

The following tables set forth the Company’s segment information for the periods presented (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Grove and evo Operations:
Revenues from external customers	$	30,901	$	24,608
Operating expenses		21,727		17,500
Income from wholly-owned student housing operations		9,174		7,108
Severance expense		(508)		-
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities		(1,372)		251
Operating income	$	7,294	$	7,359
Depreciation and amortization	$	7,717	$	6,770
Capital expenditures	$	1,376	$	30,218
Investment in unconsolidated entities	$	43,109	$	93,291
Total segment assets at end of period	$	927,097	$	972,460
Copper Beech Operations:
Revenues from external customers	$	9,199	$	-
Operating expenses (excluding amortization of in place leases)		6,187		-
Intangible amortization of in place leases		8,661		-
Loss from wholly-owned student housing operations		(5,649)		-
Equity in earnings (losses) of unconsolidated entities		(777)		68
Operating income (loss)	$	(6,426)	$	68
Depreciation and amortization	$	11,534	$	-
Capital expenditures	$	338	$	-
Investment in unconsolidated entities	$	50,674	$	266,010
Total segment assets at end of period	$	652,609	$	266,010
Property Management Services:
Revenues from external customers	$	229	$	103
Intersegment revenues		122		58
Total revenues		351		161
Operating expenses		233		365
Operating income (loss)	$	118	$	(204)
Depreciation and amortization	$	188	$	1
Total segment assets at end of period	$	-	$	-
Reconciliations:
Total segment revenues	$	40,451	$	24,769
Elimination of intersegment revenues		(122)		(58)
Total consolidated revenues	$	40,329	$	24,711
Segment operating income	$	986	$	7,223
Interest expense		(7,788)		(3,376)
Transaction costs		(1,492)		-
Gain on purchase of Copper Beech		21,642		-
Gain on sale of land and unconsolidated joint ventures		7,748		-
Corporate depreciation and amortization		(317)		(209)
Net unallocated expenses related to corporate overhead		(8,115)		(3,785)
Write off of other assets		(769)		-
Other income (expense)		(55)		66
Income (loss) from continuing operations, before income tax benefit	$	11,840	$	(81)
Total segment assets	$	1,579,706	$	1,238,470
Unallocated corporate assets and eliminations		4,505		12,430
Total assets at end of period	$	1,584,211	$	1,250,900

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Earnings per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

12. Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding during the period. All unvested stock-based payment awards are included in the computation of basic earnings per share. The computation of diluted earnings per share includes common stock issuable upon the conversion of Exchangeable Senior Notes and other potentially dilutive securities in the weighted average shares, unless the effect of their conversion is anti-dilutive in nature.

Computations of basic and diluted income (loss) per share for the periods presented are as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	Income (Numerator)		Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Amount
Income from continuing operations	$	11,840
Preferred stock dividends		(3,050)
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		(2,166)
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		10,956
Loss from discontinued operations		(1,157)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		9
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		10,956		64,720	$	0.17
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)		64,720		(0.02)
Net income attributable to common stockholders		9,790		64,720	$	0.15
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Interest expense on exchangeable debt		1,356
Incremental shares from assumed conversion (1)				13,966
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		12,312		78,686	$	0.15
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		(1,166)		78,686		(0.01)
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	11,146		78,686	$	0.14

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Income (Numerator)		Shares (Denominator)		Per Share Amount
Income from continuing operations	$	109
Preferred stock dividends		(3,050)
Loss from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		(8)
Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		(2,933)
Income from discontinued operations		939
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests		(7)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		946
Basic earnings per share:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		(2,933)		64,495	$	(0.04)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		946		64,495		0.01
Loss attributable to common stockholders		(1,987)		64,495	$	(0.03)
Effect of Dilutive Securities
Incremental shares from assumed conversion (1)				434
Diluted earnings per share:
Loss from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders		(2,933)		64,929	$	(0.04)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to common stockholders		946		64,929		0.01
Loss attributable to common stockholders	$	(1,987)		64,929	$	(0.03)

⁽¹⁾ The effect of the inclusion of all potentially dilutive securities for 2015 is dilutive when computing diluted earnings per share. For the period ended March 31, 2015, shares issuable upon settlement of the exchange feature of the Exchangeable Senior Notes were dilutive and were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share based on the “if-converted” method. The computation of diluted earnings per share used net income adjusted for interest expense related to the Exchangeable Senior Notes of $1.4 million and a share price equal to the March 31, 2015 ending share value of $7.16 per share to calculate the incremental shares. For the period ended December 31, 2014, shares issuable upon settlement of the exchange feature of the Exchangeable Senior Notes were anti-dilutive and were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share based on the “if-converted” method.

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

The Company has investments in real estate ventures with HSRE, the former members (the “CB Investors”) of Copper Beech Townhome Communities, LLC ("CBTC") and Copper Beech Townhome Communities (PA), LLC (“CBTC PA,” together with CBTC, "Copper Beech"), Brandywine and Beaumont that the Company does not consolidate. These joint ventures are engaged primarily in developing, constructing, owning and managing student housing properties. Both the Company and its joint venture partners hold joint approval rights for major decisions, including those regarding property acquisitions and dispositions as well as property operation. As such, the Company has significant influence but not control in these joint ventures and accounts for them under the equity method of accounting.

The Company acts as the operating member and day-to-day manager for its investments with HSRE, Brandywine and Beaumont and earns fees for these management services. Additionally, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company provided development and construction services to the ventures with HSRE, Brandywine, Copper Beech and Beaumont and recognized fees as the services were performed. The fees related to development and construction services are included in "Income (loss) from discontinued operations" in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). No development and construction services were provided during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

In January 2014, CSH Montreal LP (“CSH Montreal”), the Company’s joint venture with Beaumont, formed HIM Holdings LP (“HIM Holdings”), to facilitate the acquisition of the Holiday Inn Midtown in Montréal, Québec for CAD 65 million ($56.2 million). In connection with the acquisition of the Holiday Inn property, the Company increased its ownership interest from 20.0% to 47.0% in CSH Montreal, the joint venture that ultimately owns the Holiday Inn Midtown. In January 2014, with the acquisition of the Holiday Inn Midtown property, the Company provided CAD 16.0 million ($13.8 million) of preferred bridge equity financing to CSH Montreal to be repaid on or before September 2, 2014. As of September 2, 2014, the Company’s preferred equity had not been repaid in full and as a result the Company is now entitled to 60.5% of all cash distributions related to earnings from CSH Montreal, with Beaumont and its partners being entitled to the remaining 39.5%. The Company retains its common ownership interest of 47.0% in CSH Montreal and recognizes 47.0% in all losses from CSH Montreal with Beaumont and its partners recognizing the remaining 53.0%. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss is its investment in CSH Montreal and the amount, if any, that could be due under its debt guarantee described in Note 17. While the Company is not obligated to provide additional capital to CSH Montreal, the Company may fund operating commitments up to its 47.0% common ownership in the partnership. As described in Note 18, the Company entered into a potential buyout agreement of its interest in June of 2015, and therefore estimates that it will provide no additional capital funding. However, if the Company does not close on this potential transaction, the Company expects to fund $3.9 million during the remainder of 2015, which is in addition to the $0.8 million that the Company has already funded to date during the year.

In conjunction with the Holiday Inn Midtown acquisition, CSH Montreal entered into a CAD 112.0 million ($88.4 million at the March 31, 2015 exchange rate) acquisition and development credit facility to help fund the conversion of both hotels into upscale student housing towers. The credit facility provides for variable interest-only payments at the higher of the following: (i) Canadian Prime rate, which was 3.00% at March 31, 2015, plus a weighted average spread of 3.39% or (ii) the Canadian Dealer Offered Rate (“CDOR”), which was 1.298% at March 31, 2015, plus 1%, plus a weighted average spread of 3.39% through its maturity date on January 13, 2016. This facility has one twelve-month extension option, subject to lender approval.

In January 2014, the Company amended and restated the HSRE-Campus Crest I, LLC operating agreement, which had the effect of exchanging its preferred interests in The Grove at San Angelo, Texas, and The Grove at Conway, Arkansas, for additional membership interests in HSRE-Campus Crest I, LLC, effectively increasing the Company’s equity investment in the joint venture to 63.9% from 49.9%. HSRE-Campus Crest I, LLC owns The Grove at San Angelo, Texas, and previously owned The Grove at Lawrence, Kansas, and The Grove at Conway, Arkansas. On March 31, 2015, The Grove at Lawrence, Kansas and The Grove at Conway, Arkansas were sold to third parties (see Note 7).

In February 2013, the Company entered into purchase and sale agreements to acquire an approximate 48.0% interest in a portfolio of 35 student housing properties, two undeveloped land parcels and a corporate office building held by the members of the Copper Beech Portfolio for an initial purchase price of approximately $230.6 million, including the repayment of $106.7 million of debt. The remaining interests in the Copper Beech Portfolio are held by certain of the former members of CBTC and CBTC PA, (the “CB Investors”). In September 2013, the Company entered into an amendment to the above referenced purchase and sale agreements for consideration of $4.0 million whereby it transferred its 48.0% interest in five properties in the Copper Beech Portfolio back to the CB Investors and deferred the acquisition of two development properties as consideration for an additional 19.0% interest in each of the remaining 28 properties in the Copper Beech Portfolio. On August 18, 2014, the Company elected not to exercise the first purchase option to acquire additional interests in the properties comprising the Copper Beech Portfolio. As a result of this decision, the Company was entitled to 48.0% of the operating cash flows in the 35 operating properties, one office building and one parcel of land.

On January 30, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the remaining interests in 28 student housing properties, 2 undeveloped land parcels and a corporate office building in the Copper Beech Portfolio. See Note 6 for additional information.

The Company is the guarantor of the construction and mortgage debt or credit facilities of its joint ventures with HSRE, Brandywine and Beaumont (see Note 17). Details of the Company’s unconsolidated investments at March 31, 2015 are presented in the following table (dollars in thousands):

								Debt
											Weighted
					Number of						Average
	Our			Year	Properties In	Total		Amount			Interest
Unconsolidated Entities	Ownership			Founded	Operation	Investment		Outstanding			Rate				Maturity Date / Range
HSRE-Campus Crest I, LLC		63.9	%	2009	1	$	3,719	$	11,166	(4)		2.68	%	(1)	5/09/2015	(3)
HSRE-Campus Crest V, LLC		10.0	%	2011	2		-		36,289	(4)		2.88	%	(1)	5/05/2015 – 7/20/2015	(3)
HSRE-Campus Crest VI, LLC		20.0	%	2012	3		6,645		53,706	(4)		2.49	%	(1)	5/08/2015 – 12/19/2015	(3)
HSRE-Campus Crest IX, LLC		30.0	%	2013	1		19,394		90,081	(4)		2.38	%	(1)	7/25/2016
HSRE-Campus Crest X, LLC		30.0	%	2013	2		7,836		42,579	(4)		2.36	%	(1)	9/06/2016 – 9/30/2018
CB Portfolio		48.0	%	2013	7		50,674		195,791	(4)		5.41	%	(1)	10/01/2015 – 10/01/2020
CSH Montreal		47.0	%	2013	2		5,515		82,113	(4)		5.69	%	(1)	1/13/2016
Total unconsolidated entities					18	$	93,783	$	511,725			4.12	%

⁽¹⁾ Variable interest rates.

⁽²⁾ Comprised of fixed rate debt.

⁽³⁾ Certain loans which matured in May 2015 and are scheduled to mature during July 2015 are in the process of being refinanced as of the date of this filing.

⁽⁴⁾ The amount outstanding for debt represents 100% of the debt outstanding at each of the respective joint ventures in which the Company has varying ownership percentages. See Note 17 for a discussion of amounts of the outstanding debt in which the Company guarantees on behalf of certain of these joint ventures.

The following is a summary of the combined financial position of the Company’s unconsolidated entities with HSRE, Brandywine and Beaumont in their entirety, not only the Company’s interest in the entities, for the periods presented (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Assets
Student housing properties, net	$	489,075	$	437,108
Development in process		-		7,429
Other assets		12,321		12,947
Total assets	$	501,396	$	457,484
Liabilities and Equity
Mortgage and construction loans	$	315,935	$	354,759
Other liabilities		19,237		29,364
Owners' equity		166,224		73,361
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$	501,396	$	457,484
Company's share of historical owners' equity	$	52,860	$	30,481
Preferred investment(1)		7,322		7,322
Net difference in carrying value of investment versus net book value of underlying net assets(2)		(17,073)		3,219
Carrying value of investment in HSRE and other non-Copper Beech entities	$	43,109	$	41,022

(1)

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had Class B membership interests in The Grove at Indiana, Pennsylvania, The Grove at Greensboro, North Carolina, and The Grove at Louisville, Kentucky, of $2.7 million, $2.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively, entitling the Company to a 9.0% return on its investment upon the respective property being operational.

(2)

This amount represents the aggregate difference between the Company’s carrying amount and its underlying equity in the net assets of its investments, which is typically amortized over the life of the related asset. The basis differential occurs primarily due to the other than temporary impairments recorded during 2014, the difference between the allocated value to acquired entity interests and the venture’s basis in those interests, the capitalization of additional investment in the unconsolidated entities, and the elimination of service related revenue to the extent of the Company’s percentage ownership.

ASC 323 Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures and Article 4.08(g) of Regulation S-X requires that summarized financial information of material investments accounted for under the equity method be provided of the investee’s financial position and results of operations including assets, liabilities and results of operations under the investee’s historical cost basis of accounting. Notwithstanding the extensive efforts of the Company and Copper Beech to compile the necessary financial information, the Company has determined that the information needed for the preparation of historical financial statements of the Copper Beech Portfolio to satisfy these requirements is not available or otherwise sufficiently reliable. As a result, the Company has elected to present financial information on its investment in Copper Beech on the Company’s cost basis for its investment as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 as it believes this information is reliable and relevant to the users of its financial statements. Further, although the Company acknowledges that the information provided does not comply with all of the provisions of ASC 323 or Article 4.08(g) of Regulation S-X, it does not believe that the lack of the omitted disclosure, or the information of the financial position reflecting the cost basis of its investment provided results in a material omission or misstatement of the Company’s consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.

The following is a summary of the financial position of the Copper Beech entities at 100% basis for the seven and thirty five properties in which the Company held a 48% interest as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Assets
Student housing properties, net	$	306,139	$	906,614
Intangible assets		2,283		7,212
Other assets		14,178		14,293
Total assets	$	322,600	$	928,119
Liabilities and Equity
Mortgage and construction loans	$	206,122	$	476,985
Other liabilities		4,533		15,541
Owners' equity		111,945		435,593
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$	322,600	$	928,119
Company's share of historical owners' equity	$	53,734	$	199,281
Net difference in carrying value of investment versus net book value of underlying net assets(1)		(3,060)		19,437
Carrying value of investment in unconsolidated entity	$	50,674	$	218,718

⁽¹⁾ This amount represents the aggregate difference between the historical cost basis and the basis reflected at the entity level, which is typically amortized over the life of the related asset. The basis differential occurs primarily due to the impairment recognized during the year ended December 31, 2014 in connection with not exercising the Copper Beech purchase option, offset by the capitalization of transaction costs incurred to acquire the Company's interests in the Copper Beech entities.

The following is a summary of the combined operating results for the Company’s unconsolidated entities with HSRE, Brandywine and Beaumont in their entirety, not only the Company’s interest in the entities. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, this summary includes results for 11 unconsolidated properties and 14 unconsolidated properties, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues	$	9,055	$	6,456
Expenses:
Operating expenses		6,968		3,561
Interest expense		2,894		1,051
Depreciation and amortization		3,856		2,030
Other (income) expense		16		(53)
Total expenses		13,734		6,589
Net loss	$	(4,679)	$	(133)

The following is a summary of the operating results for the Company’s unconsolidated Copper Beech entities in their entirety, not only the Company’s interest in the entities. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, this summary includes results for 7 unconsolidated properties and 28 unconsolidated properties, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues	$	7,628	$	19,265
Expenses:
Operating expenses		2,571		7,300
Interest expense		2,445		2,940
Depreciation and amortization		1,263		9,777
Other expenses		182		339
Total expenses		6,461		20,356
Net income (loss)	$	1,167	$	(1,091)

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of Properties, In Operations		18
Net Total Investment		$ 93,783	$ 259,740
Amount Outstanding		$ 511,725
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate		4.12%
Cb Portfolio [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Our Ownership		48.00%		19.00%
Year Founded		2013
Number of Properties, In Operations		7
Net Total Investment		$ 50,674
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 195,791
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	[2]	5.41%
Debt, Maturity Start Date		Oct. 01, 2015
Debt, Maturity End Date		Oct. 01, 2020
HSRE Campus Crest I LLC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Our Ownership		63.90%
Year Founded		2009
Number of Properties, In Operations		1
Net Total Investment		$ 3,719
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 11,166
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	[3]	2.68%
Maturity Date	[4]	May 09, 2015
HSRE Campus Crest V LLC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Our Ownership		10.00%
Year Founded		2011
Number of Properties, In Operations		2
Net Total Investment		$ 0
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 36,289
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	[3]	2.88%
Debt, Maturity Start Date	[4]	May 05, 2015
Debt, Maturity End Date	[4]	Jul. 20, 2015
HSRE Campus Crest VI LLC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Our Ownership		20.00%
Year Founded		2012
Number of Properties, In Operations		3
Net Total Investment		$ 6,645
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 53,706
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	[3]	2.49%
Debt, Maturity Start Date	[4]	May 08, 2015
Debt, Maturity End Date	[4]	Dec. 19, 2015
HSRE Campus Crest IX LLC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Our Ownership		30.00%
Year Founded		2013
Number of Properties, In Operations		1
Net Total Investment		$ 19,394
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 90,081
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	[3]	2.38%
Maturity Date		Jul. 25, 2016
HSRE Campus Crest X LLC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Our Ownership		30.00%
Year Founded		2013
Number of Properties, In Operations		2
Net Total Investment		$ 7,836
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 42,579
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	[3]	2.36%
Debt, Maturity Start Date		Sep. 06, 2016
Debt, Maturity End Date		Sep. 30, 2018
CSH Montreal LP [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Our Ownership		47.00%	47.00%
Year Founded		2013
Number of Properties, In Operations		2
Net Total Investment		$ 5,515
Amount Outstanding	[1]	$ 82,113
Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	[3]	5.69%
Maturity Date		Jan. 13, 2016

[1] The amount outstanding for debt represents 100% of the debt outstanding at each of the respective joint ventures in which the Company has varying ownership percentages. See Note 17 for a discussion of amounts of the outstanding debt in which the Company guarantees on behalf of certain of these joint ventures.

[2] Comprised of fixed rate debt.

[3] Variable interest rates.

[4] Certain loans which matured in May 2015 and are scheduled to mature during July 2015 are in the process of being refinanced as of the date of this filing.

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Business Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

6. Business Acquisitions

Denton, Texas Acquisition

In January 2014, the Company acquired HSRE’s 80% ownership interest in HSRE IV, in which the Company previously held a 20% interest and which owns The Grove at Denton, Texas, for $7.7 million. Prior to the acquisition of this interest, the Company accounted for its ownership interest in the property under the equity method. In connection with evaluating the Company’s investment in HSRE IV for impairment as of December 31, 2013, the Company recognized a loss of $0.3 million for the other than temporary decline in value of its previously held equity interest in the property. The acquisition date fair value of the Company’s equity interest in HSRE IV immediately before the acquisition of the remaining interest in HSRE IV was $1.9 million based on the purchase price of the transaction. Subsequent to the Company’s acquisition of this interest, the Company consolidated the balance sheet and results of operations of The Grove at Denton, Texas. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the acquired property contributed a total of $0.7 million in revenue and $0.3 million in expenses.

The following table is an allocation of the purchase price (in thousands):

Land	$	4,770
Buildings and improvements		18,276
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		2,284
In-place leases		1,524
Other		(377)
Fair value of debt at acquisition		(16,901)
		9,576
Less estimated fair value of interest owned prior to acquisition		(1,915)
	$	7,661

Copper Beech Acquisition

On February 26, 2013, the Company and subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Initial Purchase Agreement”) with the then members of Copper Beech Townhome Communities, LLC (“CBTC”) and Copper Beech Townhome Communities (PA), LLC (“CBTC PA” and, together with CBTC, “Copper Beech”) (such former members of CBTC and CBTC PA, collectively, the “Sellers”). Pursuant to the terms of the Initial Purchase Agreement, the Company initially acquired a 48% interest in a portfolio of 35 student housing properties and 3 other entities (the “Copper Beech Portfolio”), for an initial purchase price of $230.6 million. The Initial Purchase Agreement provided the Company with options to acquire the remaining interests in the Copper Beech Portfolio over time. Subsequent to the Initial Purchase Agreement, the Company formed a variable interest entity (“VIE”) with the Sellers to develop, construct and manage the Copper Beech at Ames student housing property. The Company concluded that it was the primary beneficiary of Copper Beech at Ames as the Company funded all of the equity of the VIE, while holding only a 48% interest in the VIE.

On January 30, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition (the “First CB Closing”) of (i) substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in 27 student housing properties, 2 undeveloped land parcels and a corporate office building and (ii) the Sellers’ remaining interests in Copper Beech at Ames pursuant to that certain Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Initial Purchase Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Second Amendment, the Company agreed to acquire the Sellers’ remaining interests in each of the properties comprising the Copper Beech Portfolio other than Copper Beech Kalamazoo Phase 1, Copper Beech Kalamazoo Phase 2, Copper Beech Morgantown, Copper Beech Harrisonburg, Copper Beech Greenville and Copper Beech Parkway. Following the consummation of the First CB Closing, and as of March 31, 2015, the Company held a 100% interest in Copper Beech at Ames and the following interests in the remaining Copper Beech Portfolio:

⋅ 100% interest in 25 student housing properties;

⋅ 100% interest in 2 undeveloped land parcels and 1 corporate office building;

⋅ 85% interest in 1 student housing property (Copper Beech Klondike or CBTC 8);

⋅ 84% interest in 1 student housing property (Copper Beech Northbrook or CBTC 9);

⋅ 48% interest in 7 student housing properties; and

⋅ no ownership interest in 1 student housing property (Copper Beech Kalamazoo – Phase I).

As of April 30, 2015 (the "Second CB Closing"), the Company completed the acquisition of the Sellers’ interests in two of the properties in the Copper Beech Portfolio in which the Company previously held a 48% interest – Copper Beech San Marcos Phase 1 and Copper Beech IUP Buy.

As consideration for the additional interests acquired in the First CB Closing, the Company paid to the Sellers aggregate cash consideration of $58.9 million and the Operating Partnership issued to the Sellers an aggregate of approximately 10.4 million ($71.3 million) limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”). As consideration for the Second CB Closing, the Company paid to the Sellers $1.4 million in cash and the Operating Partnership issued to the Sellers approximately 2.0 million ($13.0 million) in OP Units. The OP Units were valued at the closing price of the Company’s stock on the respective closing dates. Additionally, the Company surrendered all of its previous 48% ownership interest in one of the properties (Copper Beech Kalamazoo – Phase I) in the Copper Beech Portfolio as part of the terms of the Second Amendment. The Company continues to hold a 48% ownership interest in Copper Beech Kalamazoo – Phase II as a result of not receiving lender consent to reduce its ownership interest to zero.

Although the business combination was achieved in stages, the Company had negotiated with the Sellers that a significant portion of the Copper Beech Portfolio would be acquired in its entirety from the agreements that were entered into in 2013. When the Company entered into the Initial Purchase Agreement, it was the intent of the Company to exercise the purchase options to acquire the remaining interests in the Copper Beech Portfolio. Given the intent of the Company to exercise the purchase options to acquire the remaining interest in the Copper Beech Portfolio, the timing of the consideration paid differed from the timing of when the Company obtained its ownership interests in the Copper Beech Portfolio.

As the timing of the consideration paid and ownership interest acquired at each stage differed, for purposes of computing how much of the gain to recognize during the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company allocated the total consideration paid in the First CB Closing and the Second CB Closing, based on the relative provisional fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the two closings. As a result, a gain of $21.6 million was recognized and $6.3 million of additional gain on the First CB Closing was deferred and included in other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet during the three months ended March 31, 2015. This deferred gain was recognized as part of the Second CB Closing which occurred on April 30, 2015.

The Company negotiated the purchase of a significant portion of the Copper Beech Portfolio at the inception of the Initial Purchase Agreement, notwithstanding the acquisition of ownership interests occurred in stages. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recognized a $33.4 million loss on the effect of not exercising the Copper Beech option which correspondingly decreased the Company’s investment in the Copper Beech Portfolio. This loss resulted from the Company reducing its ownership interest in 28 properties in the Copper Beech Portfolio, from 67% to 48%. Additionally, included in the equity in losses recognized during the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, there were significant amounts of amortization expense for in-place lease intangible assets which also decreased the carrying value of our investment in the Copper Beech Portfolio. Primarily as a result of these decreases to our investment in the Copper Beech Portfolio, at the First and Second CB Closings, the Company realized a gain as the provisional fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed exceeded the consideration of cash paid, OP Units issued and the carrying value of the investment in the Copper Beech Portfolio for these properties.

The following table summarizes the provisional fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the First CB Closing discussed above:

	January 30,
	2015
Assets acquired:
Land	$	41,309
Buildings		504,960
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		19,192
Intangibles		29,692
Other assets, including cash of $5,074		7,882
Total assets acquired	$	603,035
Liabilities assumed:
Mortgage, construction loans and other debt	$	263,786
Other liabilities		9,378
Total liabilities assumed	$	273,164
Net assets acquired	$	329,871

Since the First CB Closing, the 28 Copper Beech properties that were acquired and consolidated contributed $9.2 million of revenues and $7.3 million of net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2015 that are included in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). These results include depreciation of $2.8 million and amortization of in-place intangible assets for the Copper Beech Portfolio of $8.7 million for the period from January 30, 2015 (date of First CB Closing) through March 31, 2015. In connection with the First CB and Second CB Closings, the Company recognized $1.3 million of transaction costs for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

The acquired properties’ results of operations have been included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) since the respective acquisition closing dates.  The following pro forma information for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 presents consolidated financial information for the Company as if the property acquisitions discussed above had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented.  Excluded from the pro forma results below are $1.3 million and $0.5 million of transaction costs for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively and $21.6 million of gain on purchase of Copper Beech for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Additionally, included in the pro forma results below for both the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 is approximately $13.0 million of amortization expense of in-place intangible assets. The pro forma information is provided for informational purposes only and is not indicative of results that would have occurred or which may occur in the future:

	Pro Forma
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Total revenues	$	48,298	$	38,422
Net loss	$	(11,761)	$	(9,885)
Net loss attributable to common shareholders	$	(10,773)	$	(11,333)

The initial accounting for the business combination is incomplete with respect to the values assigned to tangible and intangible assets acquired with liabilities assumed and OP Units issued as the Company did not have sufficient time to finalize these respective valuations and, accordingly, the amounts recognized in these consolidated financial statements are provisional.

As of June 25, 2015, the Company owned 100% of Copper Beech Klondike and Copper Beech Northbrook. See Note 18.

Montreal, Quebec Acquisitions

In July 2013, the Company entered into a joint venture, DCV Holdings, LP (“DCV Holdings”) with Beaumont Partners SA (“Beaumont”) to acquire a 711 room, 33-story hotel in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for CAD 60.0 million. The joint venture has since converted the property into an upscale student housing tower featuring a mix of single and double units serving McGill University, Concordia University and L’Ecole de Technologie.

In December 2013, the Company and Beaumont formed a holding company, CSH Montreal LP (“CSH Montreal”), and DCV Holdings was subsequently contributed to CSH Montreal, such that CSH Montreal became the sole limited partner in DCV Holdings. In addition, following the insertion of CSH Montreal as the holding company in the joint venture arrangement, CSH Montreal acquired ownership of HIM Holdings LP (“HIM Holdings”), an entity formed to facilitate the acquisition of the Holiday Inn property in Canada. In January 2014, HIM Holdings completed the acquisition of a hotel property, which has been converted into an upscale student housing property serving McGill University. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company owned a 47.0% common interest in CSH Montreal, the holding company of DCV Holdings.

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Asset Dispositions and Discontinued Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

7. Asset Dispositions and Discontinued Operations

In connection with the strategic repositioning initiatives, the Company discontinued all construction and development operations. See Note 4 for additional information related to the strategic repositioning. In connection with the discontinuation of these operations, the Company has presented the results of construction and development as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for all periods presented. These operations were previously included in the development, construction and management services segment in the prior year’s Form 10-Qs. See Note 16 for additional segment information.

Below is a summary of the consolidated balance sheet for the construction and development operations as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Cash	$	307	$	1,118
Other assets		587		634
Costs and earnings in excess of construction billings		618		3,887
Total assets		1,512		5,639
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		688		4,711
Construction billings in excess of cost and earnings		-		481
Total liabilities		688		5,192
Total net assets	$	824	$	447

Below is a summary of the results of operations for the construction and development operations for all periods presented (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenue	$	-	$	7,333
Construction and development service expense		(1,157)		(6,394)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	(1,157)	$	939

All construction and development projects were substantially complete as of December 31, 2014.

On January 16, 2015, the Company sold a portfolio of six undeveloped land parcels to a leading student housing developer resulting in net sale proceeds of $28.3 million. The portfolio included parcels located in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan and Washington. The sale was a part of the Company's previously announced strategic initiative to improve liquidity and simplify the balance sheet by selling certain properties previously held for development. The Company disposed of the parcels through a rigorous sale process which resulted in noticeable demand from a wide spectrum of bidders with numerous offers received. As a result of this transaction, a gain of $3.1 million was recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2015. This gain is included in gain on sale of land and unconsolidated entities in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

On January 30, 2015, the Company sold its 10% interest in the joint venture property, The Grove at Stillwater, Oklahoma for net sale proceeds of $1.0 million. Additionally as part of this closing, the Company received $1.9 million in proceeds for a receivable related to renovation work performed at this property. No gain or loss was recognized.

On February 9, 2015, the Company completed the sale of the Falcon 900, the corporate aircraft, resulting in net sale proceeds of $3.8 million. This asset is presented in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. No gain or loss was recognized.

 On March 31, 2015, the Company sold its 63.9% interest in the joint venture properties, The Grove at Conway, Arkansas and The Grove at Lawrence, Kansas for net sale proceeds of $1.3 million. The Company recorded a receivable for the $1.3 million in net sale proceeds and subsequently received the proceeds on April 1, 2015. During 2014, the Company’s investment had been reduced to below zero as the Company had recorded an obligation of $3.3 million in connection with guarantees of debt of these two properties. As a result, a gain of $4.6 million was recognized on this transaction. This gain is included in gain on sale of land and unconsolidated entities in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The Company had no continuing involvement with these properties, including providing debt guarantees, after March 31, 2015.

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Debt

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

9. Debt

The following is a summary of the Company’s mortgage and construction notes payable, the Credit Facility (defined below), Exchangeable Senior Notes (defined below), and other debt (in thousands):

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
Fixed-rate mortgage loans (1)	$	387,019	$	163,341
Variable-rate mortgage loans		16,548		16,613
Construction loans (1)		162,928		120,719
Line of credit (1)		263,500		217,500
Exchangeable senior notes		97,588		97,419
Other debt		6,888		2,827
	$	934,471	$	618,419

⁽¹⁾ As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in most of the Copper Beech properties. This acquisition represents $220.5 million of the increase in the fixed-rate mortgage loans, $37.9 million of the increase in the construction loans and $4.5 million of the increase in other debt related to Copper Beech letters of credit.

Mortgage and Construction Loans

Mortgage and construction loans are collateralized by properties and their related revenue streams. Mortgage loans are not cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other indebtedness. The Company’s mortgage loans generally may not be prepaid prior to maturity; however, in certain cases, prepayment is allowed subject to prepayment penalties. The Company’s construction note agreements contain representations, warranties, covenants (including financial covenants upon commencement of operations) and other terms that are customary for construction financing. Construction loans are generally secured by a first deed of trust or mortgage on each property, primary UCC filings, and an assignment of rents, leases and profits from the respective property. Mortgage and construction loans for the periods presented consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Face Amount		Principal Outstanding at 3/31/2015		Principal Outstanding at 12/31/2014			Stated Interest Rate		Interest Rate at 3/31/2015			Maturity Date (1)	Amortization
Construction loans
The Grove at Muncie	$	14,567	$	13,892	$	13,892			LIBOR + 225 BPS		2.43	%	7/31/2015		Interest only
The Grove at Slippery Rock		17,961		17,738		16,031			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	6/21/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Fort Collins		19,073		19,073		19,073			LIBOR + 190 BPS		2.08	%	7/13/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Pullman		16,016		10,886		10,886			LIBOR + 220 BPS		2.38	%	9/5/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Grand Forks		16,916		15,414		12,474			LIBOR + 200 BPS		2.18	%	2/5/2016		Interest only
The Grove at Gainesville		30,069		25,593		22,836			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	3/13/2017		Interest only
Copper Beech at Ames		23,551		21,797		21,170			LIBOR + 225 BPS		2.43	%	5/2/2017		Interest only
Toledo Vivo		9,404		4,377		4,357			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	11/25/2017		Interest only
CMU Phase II—Mount Pleasant, MI		10,130		9,120		-	(6)		LIBOR + 250 BPS		2.68	%	2/1/2017		30 years	(7)
Statesboro, GA Phase II		9,703		9,288		-	(6)		LIBOR + 250 BPS		2.68	%	11/1/2016		30 years	(7)
Auburn, AL		15,750		15,750		-	(6)		LIBOR + 200 BPS		2.18	%	2/6/2017		Interest only
Mortgage loans
The Grove at Denton		17,167		16,549		16,613			LIBOR + 215 BPS		2.33	%	3/1/2017		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Milledgeville		16,250		15,583		15,640			6.12%		6.12	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Carrollton and The Grove at Las Cruces		29,790		28,571		28,674			6.13%		6.13	%	10/11/2016		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Asheville		14,800		14,251		14,304			5.77%		5.77	%	4/11/2017		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Ellensburg		16,125		15,784		15,845			5.10%		5.10	%	9/1/2018		30 years	(3)
The Grove at Nacogdoches		17,160		16,792		16,857			5.01%		5.01	%	9/1/2018		30 years	(3)
The Grove at Greeley		15,233		14,880		14,945			4.29%		4.29	%	10/1/2018		30 years	(3)
The Grove at Clarksville		16,350		16,167		16,238			4.03%		4.03	%	7/1/2022		30 years	(4)
The Grove at Columbia		23,775		22,623		22,738			3.83%		3.83	%	7/1/2022		30 years	(2)
The Grove at Statesboro		18,100		18,047		18,100			4.01%		4.01	%	1/1/2023		30 years	(5)
Copper Beech I - State College		5,250		5,136		-	(6)		5.61%		5.61	%	2/11/2016		30 years	(2)
Copper Beech II - State College		8,805		9,446		-	(6)		5.97%		5.97	%	8/1/2019		30 years	(2)
Oakwood - State College		5,750		6,119		-	(6)		4.99%		4.99	%	10/1/2020		30 years	(2)
IUP Phase I - Indiana		6,500		6,500		-	(6)		2.15%		2.15	%	6/2/2017		Interest only
IUP Phase II - Indiana		6,250		6,027		-	(6)		5.90%		5.90	%	10/1/2015		30 years	(2)
Radford		12,400		12,624		-	(6)		5.99%		5.99	%	11/6/2016		30 years	(2)
Bloomington		10,860		7,873		-	(6)		6.22%		6.22	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
CMU Phase I - Mount Pleasant, MI		20,000		18,455		-	(6)		5.47%		5.47	%	10/1/2015		30 years	(2)
Bowling Green Phase I		13,000		12,344		-	(6)		5.63%		5.63	%	10/1/2015		30 years	(2)
Allendale Phase I		23,780		24,110		-	(6)		5.98%		5.98	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
Allendale Phase II		11,896		12,621		-	(6)		6.27%		6.27	%	9/6/2017		30 years	(2)
Columbia, MO		24,516		24,997		-	(6)		6.22%		6.22	%	10/1/2016		30 years	(2)
Statesboro, GA Phase I		31,000		32,455		-	(6)		5.81%		5.81	%	10/6/2017		30 years	(2)
Columbia, SC Phase I		36,936		38,995		-	(6)		6.27%		6.27	%	9/6/2017		30 years	(2)
Columbia, SC Phase II		6,300		6,618		-	(6)		5.41%		5.41	%	8/1/2020		30 years	(2)
			$	566,495	$	300,673

(1)	For the construction loans, the maturity date is the stated maturity date in the respective loan agreements, some of which can be extended for an additional one to two years, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, depending on the loan. Prior to the filing of this document, the construction loan for The Grove at Fort Collins was extended to July 31, 2016. The extension for the construction loan for The Grove at Muncie is pending an appraisal. Additionally, for loans that have matured or will mature during 2015, the Company is actively pursuing an extension or refinancing of those loans.
(2)	Loan requires monthly payments of principal and interest, plus certain reserve and escrows, until maturity when all principal is due.
(3)	Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through September 2013. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.
(4)	Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through August 2014. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.
(5)	Loan requires interest only payments plus certain reserves and escrows, payable monthly through January 2015. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves and escrows, are payable monthly until maturity.
(6)	As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in 28 of the Copper Beech properties. Accordingly, these balances were not recognized by the Company as of December 31, 2014. As part of recording the mortgage loans from the First CB Closing at fair value, the outstanding amount, after giving effect for each loan’s respective provisional fair value adjustment, could result in an outstanding balance greater than the face amount of the mortgage loan. These fair value adjustments are amortized to interest expense over the term of the respective mortgage loans.
(7)	Loan required interest only payments until the loan was extended in March of 2015. Thereafter, principal and interest, plus certain reserves, are payable monthly until maturity.

Line of Credit

In January 2013, the Company entered into the second amended and restated credit agreement (the "Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"), which provides for a $250.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") and a $50 million term loan (the “Term Loan”, together with the “Revolving Credit Facility”, the “Amended Credit Facility”). Additionally, under certain circumstances, there is an accordion feature that allows the Company to request an increase in the total commitments of an additional $300.0 million to a total commitment of $600.0 million. The Second Amended and Restated Credit Facility will mature in January 2017 and contains a one-year extension option, subject to certain terms and conditions. Amounts outstanding under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Facility bears interest at a floating rate equal to, at the Company’s election, the Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate (each as defined in the Amended Credit Facility) plus a spread. The spread for borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility ranges from 1.75% to 2.50% for Eurodollar Rate based borrowings and from 0.75% to 1.50% for Base Rate based borrowings, and the spread for the Term Loan ranges from 1.70% to 2.45% for Eurodollar Rate based borrowings and from 0.70% to 1.45% for Base Rate based borrowings. At March 31, 2015, the interest rate was 2.69% on the Revolving Credit Facility borrowings and 2.64% on the Term Loan.

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had $213.5 million outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and $50.0 million outstanding under the Term Loan. The amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan, as well as outstanding letters of credit of $3.4 million, will reduce the amount that the Company may be able to borrow under this facility for other purposes. At March 31, 2015, the Company had $36.5 million in borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility, and amounts borrowed under the facility are due at its maturity in January 2017, subject to a one-year extension, which the Company may exercise at its option, subject to the satisfaction of certain terms and conditions, including the payment of an extension fee. The amount available for the Company to borrow under the Amended Credit Facility is based on the sum of (a) the lesser of (i) 60.0% of the "as-is" appraised value of the Company’s properties that form the borrowing base of the Amended Credit Facility and (ii) the amount that would create a debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.5, and (b) 50% of the aggregate of the lesser of (i) the book value of each of the Company’s development assets (as such term is defined in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) and (ii) the "as-is" appraised value of each of the Company’s development assets, subject to certain limitations in the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

The Company incurs an unused fee on the balance between the amount available under the Revolving Credit Facility and the amount outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility of (i) 0.30% per annum if the Company’s average borrowing is less than 50.0% of the total amount available or (ii) 0.25% per annum if the Company’s average borrowing is greater than 50.0% of the total amount available.

On February 25, 2015, the Company entered into the Second Amendment to the Revolving Credit Facility, which amended, among other things, certain of the financial covenants from and including March 31, 2015 until and including September 30, 2015 (the “Relief Period”).

The Company’s ability to borrow under the Amended Credit Facility is subject to its ongoing compliance with a number of customary financial covenants during the Relief Period, including:

· a maximum leverage ratio of not greater than 0.65:1.00;

· a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.30:1.00;

· a minimum ratio of fixed rate debt and debt subject to hedge agreements to total debt of not less than 66.67%;

· a maximum secured recourse debt ratio of not greater than 20.0%;

· a minimum tangible net worth of not less than the sum of $330,788,250 plus an amount equal to 75.0% of the net proceeds of any additional equity issuances; and

· a maximum secured debt ratio of not greater than 47.5%.

Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Credit Facility, the Company may not pay distributions that exceed the greater of (i) 95.0% of funds from operations, or (ii) the minimum amount required for the Company to qualify and maintain its status as a REIT. If a default or event of default occurs and is continuing, the Company also may be precluded from making certain distributions (other than those required to allow the Company to qualify and maintain its status as a REIT). On September 30, 2014, the Company received a waiver with respect to the distribution payout ratio for each distribution payout date through the end of 2015. The waiver was expressly conditioned on the following: (i) no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) as each test date during 2015, the payout ratio shall be equal to or less than (A) 105% or (B) such greater amount as may be required by applicable law for the Company to maintain its status of a REIT. Additionally, on February 25, 2015, the dividend payout ratio was amended to be calculated on a rolling twelve month pro forma basis based on the current quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share.

The Company and certain of its subsidiaries guarantee the obligations under the Amended Credit Facility and the Company and certain of its subsidiaries have provided a negative pledge against specified assets (including real property), stock and other interests.

Exchangeable Senior Notes

The Company has outstanding $100.0 million of Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Exchangeable Senior Notes”) which bear interest at 4.75% per annum. Interest is payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year beginning April 15, 2014 until the maturity date of October 15, 2018. The Operating Partnership’s obligations under the Exchangeable Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. The Exchangeable Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Operating Partnership and rank equally in right of payment with all other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Operating Partnership. Although the indenture for the Exchangeable Senior Notes contains a cross-default provision, as of March 31, 2015, no event under any of the Company’s credit facilities has triggered that cross-default provision (see Note 18).

The Exchangeable Senior Notes contain an exchange settlement feature which allows the holder, under certain circumstances, to exchange its Exchangeable Senior Notes for cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, at the option of the Operating Partnership, based on an initial exchange rate of 79.602 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Exchangeable Senior Notes. At the initial exchange rate, the Exchangeable Senior Notes are exchangeable for common stock at an exchange price of $12.56 per share of common stock.

The Exchangeable Senior Notes will be exchangeable by the holder under the following circumstances on or prior to July 15, 2018: (i) during any calendar quarter beginning after December 31, 2013 (and only during such quarter) if the closing sale price of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company is more than 130% of the then-current exchange price for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) in the period of the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the previous calendar quarter; (ii) during the five consecutive business-day period following any five consecutive trading-day period in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of notes for each trading day during such five trading day period was less than 98% of the closing sale price of the common stock of Campus Crest, or Campus Crest common stock, for each trading day during such five trading-day period multiplied by the then current exchange rate; or (iii) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions described in the indenture governing the Exchangeable Senior Notes. On or after July 15, 2018, and on or prior to the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders of the Exchangeable Senior Notes may exchange their notes without regard to the foregoing conditions. Following certain corporate transactions that occur prior to maturity of the Exchangeable Senior Notes and that also constitute a make-whole fundamental change, the Operating Partnership will increase the exchange rate for holders who elect to exchange notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change in certain circumstances. If specified fundamental changes involving the Operating Partnership or the Company occur, holders may require the Operating Partnership to repurchase the Exchangeable Senior Notes for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Exchangeable Senior Notes to be purchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

The Operating Partnership may not redeem the Exchangeable Senior Notes prior to the maturity date. At any time prior to July 15, 2018, the Operating Partnership may irrevocably elect, in its sole discretion without the consent of the holders of the Exchangeable Senior Notes, to settle all of the future exchange obligation entirely in shares of the Company's common stock. On or after July 15, 2018, the Exchangeable Senior Notes will be exchangeable at any time prior to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the maturity date.

In connection with the issuance of the Exchangeable Senior Notes, the Company recorded $97.6 million within line of credit and other debt on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet, based on the fair value of the instrument at the time of issuance, and $2.4 million in additional paid-in-capital, net of offering costs, in the accompanying consolidated statements of changes in equity. Amortization related to the $2.4 million in additional paid in capital was $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

On May 21, 2015, the Operating Partnership delivered a notice of sole remedy under the indenture governing the Exchangeable Senior Notes. See Note 18 for further details.

Other Debt

In June 2013, the Company entered into a $33.4 million (CAD 35.0 million) unsecured note payable in connection with its acquisition of a hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The note payable provided for interest-only payments at a variable interest rate equal to the Canadian Dealer Offered Rate (“CDOR”), which was 1.30% at December 31, 2014, plus a spread of 2.50%. During the year ended December 31, 2014, this facility was assigned to and assumed by CSH Montreal, an unconsolidated joint venture, at which time the Company became the sole guarantor of the facility. The note was repaid in full during the year ended December 31, 2014.

As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company, and certain of its affiliates, completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in Copper Beech, which included $4.5 million of other debt. This other debt consists of three lines of credit averaging about $1.5 million each. The interest rate on these lines of credit range from 3.25% to 3.59% and the maturity dates on these lines of credit are between the dates of September 1, 2015 and July 1, 2017.

Schedule of Debt Maturities

Scheduled debt maturities for the remainder of 2015 and each of the four years subsequent to December 31, 2015 and thereafter, are as follows (in thousands):

2015	$	58,643
2016		187,846
2017		440,934
2018		164,684
2019		9,470
Thereafter		63,556
Total outstanding debt		925,133
Convertible note discount		(2,412)
Copper Beech debt fair value adjustment		11,750
Outstanding as of March 31, 2015, net of discount and fair value adjustment	$	934,471

The Copper Beech debt fair value adjustment relates to the difference between the carrying value and provisional fair value of the debt assumed by the Company on January 30, 2015 (see Note 6), net of amortization of $1.0 million. Amortization of deferred financing costs was $0.6 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Covenant Renegotiation

On February 25, 2015, the Company received a unanimously approved waiver under its amended credit facility that provides relief from certain financial covenants during a relief period that runs from December 31, 2014 until and including September 30, 2015. During the relief period the following new measurements will apply to covenant tests: maximum leverage ratio of not greater than 0.65:1.00; maximum secured debt ratio of not greater than 47.5%; minimum fixed charge ratio of not less than 1.30:1.00; and a dividend payout ratio of not more than 105.0% calculated on a pro forma basis that applies the current quarterly dividend of $0.09 on a trailing twelve month basis.

Although the Company is currently in compliance with the terms of its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company’s Board has determined, based on an evaluation by management of the Company’s ability to satisfy all financial covenants in the credit agreement for the next four quarters, not to declare or pay dividends on its Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock for the first quarter of 2015. In addition, the Board does not currently intend to declare or pay dividends on its Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock for the remainder of 2015 unless the Company experiences sufficient improvement in its operating results, including successfully completing the sale of certain assets and enhancing the Company’s liquidity position by raising additional capital and/or refinancing its existing credit facilities.

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Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Fixed-rate mortgage loans	[1]	$ 387,019	$ 163,341
Variable-rate mortgage loans		16,548	16,613
Construction loans	[1]	162,928	120,719
Line of credit	[1]	263,500	217,500
Exchangeable senior notes		97,588	97,419
Other debt		6,888	2,827
Long-Term Debt		$ 934,471	$ 618,419

[1] As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in most of the Copper Beech properties. This acquisition represents $220.5 million of the increase in the fixed-rate mortgage loans, $37.9 million of the increase in the construction loans and $4.5 million of the increase in other debt related to Copper Beech letters of credit.

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Debt (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2015	$ 58,643
2016	187,846
2017	440,934
2018	164,684
2019	9,470
Thereafter	63,556
Long-Term Debt	925,133
Convertible note discount	(2,412)
Copper Beech debt fair value adjustment	11,750
Outstanding as of March 31, 2015, net of discount and fair value adjustment	$ 934,471	$ 618,419

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Details Textual) - Real Estate Properties [Domain] $ in Thousands, CAD in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) Number	Mar. 31, 2015 CAD	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 25, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015 CAD Number	Jan. 31, 2015	Jan. 30, 2015 Number	Aug. 18, 2014 Number	Mar. 31, 2014 Number	Jan. 31, 2014
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued			$ 61		$ 61
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate					2.50%
Consideration Paid for Amendment of Agreement	$ 4,000
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets		$ 230,600
Repayments of Debt		$ 106,700
35 Student Housing Properties [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage Of Ownership		48.00%
Subsequent Event [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage							0.00%
Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage													47.00%
Maximum [Member] | HSRE-Campus Crest I, LLC Operating Agreement [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage													63.90%
Minimum [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage													20.00%
Minimum [Member] | HSRE-Campus Crest I, LLC Operating Agreement [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage													49.90%
Copper Beech [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of joint venture properties | Number			7					7		28		28
Canadian Dealer Offered Rate [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage Rate Range, Maximum			3.00%	3.00%
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			3.39%	3.39%
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date			Jan. 13, 2016	Jan. 13, 2016
The Grove at Greensboro [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued			$ 2,700
The Grove at Louisville [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued			2,700
Kentucky [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued			$ 1,900
Preferred Class B [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Return On Investment Of Properties			9.00%					9.00%
Preferred Class A [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued			$ 13,800					CAD 16.0
HSRE and DCV Holdings [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of joint venture properties | Number			11					11				14
HIM Holdings LP [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Assets, Investing Activities			$ 56,200	CAD 65.0
HIM Holdings LP [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage									47.00%
CSH Montreal [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage			60.50%					60.50%
Payments to Acquire Assets, Investing Activities			$ 88,400	CAD 112.0
Return On Investment Of Properties			39.50%					39.50%
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures			$ 800
CSH Montreal [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Investments in and Advance to Affiliates, Subsidiaries, Associates, and Joint Ventures						$ 3,900
CSH Montreal [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			3.39%	3.39%
CSH Montreal [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate			1.00%	1.00%
Cb Portfolio [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage	19.00%		48.00%					48.00%
Number of joint venture properties | Number			28					28			35
Cb Portfolio [Member] | Copper Beech [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Number of joint venture properties | Number										2
Beaumont and Partners [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage									53.00%
Cb Investors [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Equity method investment, ownership percentage											48.00%
Percentage of Ownership Interest Transferred	48.00%

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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]

Schedule of Unconsolidated Investments and Debt [Table Text Block]

The Company is the guarantor of the construction and mortgage debt or credit facilities of its joint ventures with HSRE, Brandywine and Beaumont (see Note 17). Details of the Company’s unconsolidated investments at March 31, 2015 are presented in the following table (dollars in thousands):

								Debt
											Weighted
					Number of						Average
	Our			Year	Properties In	Total		Amount			Interest
Unconsolidated Entities	Ownership			Founded	Operation	Investment		Outstanding			Rate				Maturity Date / Range
HSRE-Campus Crest I, LLC		63.9	%	2009	1	$	3,719	$	11,166	(4)		2.68	%	(1)	5/09/2015	(3)
HSRE-Campus Crest V, LLC		10.0	%	2011	2		-		36,289	(4)		2.88	%	(1)	5/05/2015 – 7/20/2015	(3)
HSRE-Campus Crest VI, LLC		20.0	%	2012	3		6,645		53,706	(4)		2.49	%	(1)	5/08/2015 – 12/19/2015	(3)
HSRE-Campus Crest IX, LLC		30.0	%	2013	1		19,394		90,081	(4)		2.38	%	(1)	7/25/2016
HSRE-Campus Crest X, LLC		30.0	%	2013	2		7,836		42,579	(4)		2.36	%	(1)	9/06/2016 – 9/30/2018
CB Portfolio		48.0	%	2013	7		50,674		195,791	(4)		5.41	%	(1)	10/01/2015 – 10/01/2020
CSH Montreal		47.0	%	2013	2		5,515		82,113	(4)		5.69	%	(1)	1/13/2016
Total unconsolidated entities					18	$	93,783	$	511,725			4.12	%

⁽¹⁾ Variable interest rates.

⁽²⁾ Comprised of fixed rate debt.

⁽³⁾ Certain loans which matured in May 2015 and are scheduled to mature during July 2015 are in the process of being refinanced as of the date of this filing.

⁽⁴⁾ The amount outstanding for debt represents 100% of the debt outstanding at each of the respective joint ventures in which the Company has varying ownership percentages. See Note 17 for a discussion of amounts of the outstanding debt in which the Company guarantees on behalf of certain of these joint ventures.

Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Combined Financial Information [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the combined financial position of the Company’s unconsolidated entities with HSRE, Brandywine and Beaumont in their entirety, not only the Company’s interest in the entities, for the periods presented (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Assets
Student housing properties, net	$	489,075	$	437,108
Development in process		-		7,429
Other assets		12,321		12,947
Total assets	$	501,396	$	457,484
Liabilities and Equity
Mortgage and construction loans	$	315,935	$	354,759
Other liabilities		19,237		29,364
Owners' equity		166,224		73,361
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$	501,396	$	457,484
Company's share of historical owners' equity	$	52,860	$	30,481
Preferred investment(1)		7,322		7,322
Net difference in carrying value of investment versus net book value of underlying net assets(2)		(17,073)		3,219
Carrying value of investment in HSRE and other non-Copper Beech entities	$	43,109	$	41,022

(1)

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had Class B membership interests in The Grove at Indiana, Pennsylvania, The Grove at Greensboro, North Carolina, and The Grove at Louisville, Kentucky, of $2.7 million, $2.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively, entitling the Company to a 9.0% return on its investment upon the respective property being operational.

(2)

This amount represents the aggregate difference between the Company’s carrying amount and its underlying equity in the net assets of its investments, which is typically amortized over the life of the related asset. The basis differential occurs primarily due to the other than temporary impairments recorded during 2014, the difference between the allocated value to acquired entity interests and the venture’s basis in those interests, the capitalization of additional investment in the unconsolidated entities, and the elimination of service related revenue to the extent of the Company’s percentage ownership.

Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Statement Of Operation [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the operating results for the Company’s unconsolidated Copper Beech entities in their entirety, not only the Company’s interest in the entities. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, this summary includes results for 7 unconsolidated properties and 28 unconsolidated properties, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues	$	7,628	$	19,265
Expenses:
Operating expenses		2,571		7,300
Interest expense		2,445		2,940
Depreciation and amortization		1,263		9,777
Other expenses		182		339
Total expenses		6,461		20,356
Net income (loss)	$	1,167	$	(1,091)

HSRE and DCV Holdings [Member]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]

Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Statement Of Operation [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the combined operating results for the Company’s unconsolidated entities with HSRE, Brandywine and Beaumont in their entirety, not only the Company’s interest in the entities. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, this summary includes results for 11 unconsolidated properties and 14 unconsolidated properties, respectively (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Revenues	$	9,055	$	6,456
Expenses:
Operating expenses		6,968		3,561
Interest expense		2,894		1,051
Depreciation and amortization		3,856		2,030
Other (income) expense		16		(53)
Total expenses		13,734		6,589
Net loss	$	(4,679)	$	(133)

Copper Beech [Member]

Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]

Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Statement Of Operation [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of the financial position of the Copper Beech entities at 100% basis for the seven and thirty five properties in which the Company held a 48% interest as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Assets
Student housing properties, net	$	306,139	$	906,614
Intangible assets		2,283		7,212
Other assets		14,178		14,293
Total assets	$	322,600	$	928,119
Liabilities and Equity
Mortgage and construction loans	$	206,122	$	476,985
Other liabilities		4,533		15,541
Owners' equity		111,945		435,593
Total liabilities and owners' equity	$	322,600	$	928,119
Company's share of historical owners' equity	$	53,734	$	199,281
Net difference in carrying value of investment versus net book value of underlying net assets(1)		(3,060)		19,437
Carrying value of investment in unconsolidated entity	$	50,674	$	218,718

⁽¹⁾ This amount represents the aggregate difference between the historical cost basis and the basis reflected at the entity level, which is typically amortized over the life of the related asset. The basis differential occurs primarily due to the impairment recognized during the year ended December 31, 2014 in connection with not exercising the Copper Beech purchase option, offset by the capitalization of transaction costs incurred to acquire the Company's interests in the Copper Beech entities.

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Income Taxes (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Deferred tax assets:
Solar investment tax credit	$ 2,116	$ 2,116
Federal and state net operating loss	2,131	2,284
Other	22	22
Less: valuation allowance	(3,849)	(4,002)
Total deferred tax assets	420	420
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred revenue	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	(420)	(420)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(420)	(420)
Net deferred tax assets	$ 0	$ 0

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Incentive Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule Of Nonvested Share Activity [Text Block]

14. Incentive Plans

The Company has adopted the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) which permits the grant of incentive awards to executive officers, employees, consultants and non-employee directors. The aggregate number of awards approved under the Incentive Plan is 5.3 million. As of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014, 2.5 million shares were available for issuance under the Incentive Plan.

Restricted Stock Awards

Awards to executive officers and employees vest over a three year period and are subject to restriction based upon employment in good standing with the Company. Awards to non-employee directors vest over a three or five year period and are subject to restriction based upon continued service on the Board of Directors.

At March 31, 2015, total unrecognized compensation cost related to restricted stock awards was $1.2 million and is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of 1.3 years.

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company recognized stock compensation expense of $1.0 million (net of immaterial vesting forfeitures), of which $0.4 million was related to the First CB Closing and is included in the transaction costs on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recognized stock compensation expense of $0.7 million (net of vesting forfeitures of $0.1 million) and capitalized stock compensation expense of $0.4 million. 

The following is a summary of the Company’s plan activity for the periods shown (in thousands, except weighted average grant price):

	Restricted Stock		Weighted Average Grant Price
Unvested shares at beginning of period (carry-forward)		288	$	11.28
Granted		112		7.68
Vested		(94)		7.56
Forfeited		(134)		7.79
Unvested shares at March 31, 2015		172		7.71

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, presented in U.S. dollars, have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and represent the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Equity interests owned by others in the Operating Partnership and two consolidated Copper Beech entities are reflected as non-controlling interests in the consolidated financial statements. The Company also has interests in unconsolidated real estate ventures which have ownership in several property owning entities that are accounted for under the equity method. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, primarily related to discontinued operations discussed in Note 7.

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the year ended December 31, 2014 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of operations and cash flows for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for other interim periods or the full year.

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant assumptions and estimates are used by management in recognizing construction and development revenue (which is included in income (loss) from discontinued operations) under the percentage of completion method, useful lives of student housing properties, valuation of investment in real estate and investments in unconsolidated entities and land and properties held for sale, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, initial valuations used in the accounting for newly acquired student housing properties and the Copper Beech entities and trade name, fair value of guarantee obligations related to unconsolidated entities, issuance proceeds receivable from damaged assets, determination of fair value for impairment assessments, and fair value of financial assets and liabilities, including derivatives and allowance for doubtful accounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material to the consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are reviewed periodically and the effect of such revisions are reflected prospectively in the period in which they occur.

Consolidation, Variable Interest Entity, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Consolidated Variable Interest Entity

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company entered into a variable interest entity ("VIE") with Copper Beech Townhome Communities, LLC ("CBTC") to develop, construct and manage a student housing property in Ames, Iowa (“Copper Beech at Ames”). The property began operations during the third quarter of 2014. The Company concluded that it is the primary beneficiary of Copper Beech at Ames as the Company funded all of the equity of this entity, resulting in the Copper Beech investor’s interest being deemed a de facto agent of Campus Crest. The VIE’s assets and liabilities and the noncontrolling interest are included in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. On January 30, 2015, in connection with the Copper Beech purchase transaction (see Note 6), the Company’s ownership interest in Copper Beech at Ames increased to 100%. The acquisition of the noncontrolling interest in Copper Beech at Ames was accounted for as an equity transaction and did not result in the recognition of a gain or loss in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Investment In Real Estate [Policy Text Block]

Investments in Real Estate and Depreciation

Investment in real estate is recorded at historical cost. Major improvements that extend the life of an asset are capitalized and depreciated over a period equal to the shorter of the life of the improvement or the remaining useful life of the asset. The cost of ordinary repairs and maintenance are charged to expense when incurred. Depreciation and amortization are recorded on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Land improvements	15 years
Buildings and leasehold improvements	10-40 years
Furniture, fixtures and equipment	5-10 years

The cost of buildings and improvements includes all pre-development, entitlement and project costs directly associated with the development and construction of a real estate project, which include interest, property taxes and the amortization of deferred financing costs recognized while the project is under construction, as well as certain internal costs related to the development and construction of the Company’s student housing properties. All costs are capitalized as development in process until the asset is ready for its intended use, which is typically at the completion of the project. Upon completion, costs are transferred into the applicable asset category and depreciation commences. There was no interest capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and $1.9 million of interest was capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The Company capitalizes costs during the development of assets beginning with the determination that development of a future asset is probable until the asset, or a portion of the asset, is delivered and is ready for its intended use. During development efforts the Company capitalizes all direct costs and indirect costs that have been incurred as a result of the development. These costs include interest, related loan fees and property taxes as well as other direct and indirect costs. The Company capitalizes interest costs for debt incurred for project specific financing and for capital contributions to equity method investees who utilize such funds for construction-related activities. Indirect project costs, which include personnel and office and administrative costs that are clearly associated with the Company’s development and redevelopment efforts, are capitalized. Indirect costs not clearly related to acquisition, development, redevelopment and construction activity, including general and administrative expenses, are expensed in the period incurred. As there were no assets under development during the three months ended March 31, 2015, correspondingly there were no capitalized costs for the period. Capitalized indirect costs associated with the Company’s development activities were $3.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The Company was developing ten properties during the three months ended March 31, 2014. All such costs are capitalized as development in process until the asset is delivered and ready for its intended use, which is typically at the completion of the project. Upon completion, costs are transferred into the applicable asset category and depreciation commences.

Pre-development costs are capitalized when they are directly identifiable with the specific property and would be capitalized if the property were already acquired and acquisition of the property or an option to acquire the property is probable. Capitalized pre-development costs are expensed when management believes it is no longer probable that a contract will be executed or construction will commence. Because the Company frequently incurs these pre-development expenditures before a financing commitment and/or required permits and authorizations have been obtained, the Company bears the risk of loss of these pre-development expenditures if financing cannot ultimately be arranged on acceptable terms or if the Company is unable to successfully obtain the required permits and authorizations. As such, management evaluates the status of projects where the Company has not yet acquired the target property or where the Company has not yet commenced construction on a periodic basis and expenses any pre-development costs related to projects whose current status indicates the acquisition or commencement of construction is not probable. No such write-offs were recorded during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and March 31, 2014. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had no pre-development costs related to development projects, (see Note 4 regarding the Company’s strategic repositioning initiatives). As of March 31, 2015, the Company owned five strategically held land parcels that could be used for the development of phase two properties, with an aggregate bed count ranging from approximately 1,000 to 1,500, and four land parcels and one property which the Company intends to divest. The costs associated with the strategically held parcels are included in land held for investment on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The costs associated with the land parcels and additional property in which the Company intends to divest are included in land and property held for sale in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Management assesses whether there has been impairment in the value of the Company’s investment in real estate whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. For assets held and used, recoverability of investment in real estate is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of a student housing property to the estimated future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the property over the expected hold period. Impairment is recognized when estimated future undiscounted cash flows, including proceeds from disposition, are less than the carrying value of the property. The estimation of future undiscounted cash flows is inherently uncertain and relies on assumptions regarding current and future economics and market conditions. If such conditions change, then an adjustment reducing the carrying value of the Company’s long-lived assets could occur in the future period in which conditions change. To the extent that a property is impaired, the excess of the carrying amount of the property over its estimated fair value is recorded as an impairment charge. Fair value is determined based upon the discounted cash flows of the property, quoted market prices or independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

Property Acquisition [Policy Text Block]

Property Acquisitions

Campus Crest recognizes tangible and identified intangible assets and liabilities related to acquired properties based on the fair values of these assets and liabilities for both consolidated entities and investments in unconsolidated entities. Fair value estimates are based on information obtained from independent appraisals, market data, information obtained during due diligence and information related to the marketing and leasing at the specific property. The value of in-place leases is based on the difference between (i) the property valued with existing in-place leases adjusted to market rental rates and (ii) the property valued “as-if” vacant. As lease terms are typically one year or less, rates on in-place leases generally approximate market rental rates. Factors considered in the valuation of in-place leases include an estimate of the carrying costs during the expected lease-up period considering current market conditions, nature of the tenancy and costs to execute similar leases. Carrying costs include estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up period, net of variable operating expenses. The value of in-place leases is amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining initial term of the respective leases, generally less than one year. The purchase price of property acquisitions is not expected to be allocated to tenant relationships, considering the terms of the leases and the expected levels of renewals.

Additionally, mortgage debt premiums and discounts represent fair value adjustments for the difference between the stated rates and market rates of mortgage debt assumed in connection with the Company’s acquisitions. The mortgage debt premiums and discounts are amortized to interest expense over the term of the related mortgage loans using the effective-interest method. Acquisition-related costs such as due diligence, legal, accounting and advisory fees are either expensed as incurred for acquisitions that are consolidated or capitalized for acquisitions accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Long-Lived Assets – Held for Sale

Long-lived assets to be disposed of are classified as held for sale in the period in which all of the following criteria are met:

a. Management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the assets.

b. The asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for sales of such assets.

c. An active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell the asset have been initiated.

d. The sale of the asset is probable, and transfer of asset is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale, within one year.

e. The asset is being actively marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value.

f. Actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plans will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn.

Concurrent with this classification, the land and property held for sale is recorded at the lower of cost or fair value less estimated selling costs, and depreciation ceases.

Real Estate, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Real Estate Ventures

Campus Crest holds interests in its properties through interests in both consolidated and unconsolidated real estate ventures. The Company assesses its investments in real estate ventures to determine if a venture is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). Generally, an entity is determined to be a VIE when either (i) the equity investors (if any) lack one or more of the essential characteristics of a controlling financial interest, (ii) the equity investment at risk is insufficient to finance that entity’s activities without additional subordinated financial support or (iii) the equity investors have voting rights that are not proportionate to their economic interests and substantially all of the activities of the entity involve or are conducted on behalf of an investor that has disproportionately fewer voting rights. The Company consolidates entities that are VIEs for which the Company is determined to be the primary beneficiary. In instances where the Company is not the primary beneficiary, the Company does not consolidate the entity for financial reporting purposes. The primary beneficiary is the entity that has both (i) the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits of the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE. Entities that are not defined as VIEs are consolidated where the Company is the general partner (or the equivalent) and the limited partners (or the equivalent) in such investments do not have rights which would preclude control.

 For entities where the Company is the general partner (or the equivalent), but do not control the real estate venture, and the other partners (or the equivalent) hold substantive participating rights, the Company uses the equity method of accounting. For entities where the Company is a limited partner (or the equivalent), management considers factors such as ownership interest, voting control, authority to make decisions and contractual and substantive participating rights of the partners (or the equivalent) to determine if the presumption that the general partner controls the entity is overcome. In instances where these factors indicate the Company controls the entity, the Company would consolidate the entity; otherwise the Company accounts for its investments using the equity method of accounting.

Under the equity method of accounting, investments are initially recognized in the consolidated balance sheet at cost and are subsequently adjusted to reflect the Company’s proportionate share of net earnings or losses of the entity, distributions received, contributions and certain other adjustments, as appropriate. Any difference between the carrying amount of these investments on the Company’s balance sheet and the underlying equity in net assets is amortized as an adjustment to equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated entities. When circumstances indicate there may have been a loss in value of an equity method investment, and the Company determines the loss in value is other than temporary, the Company recognizes an impairment charge to reflect the investment at fair value.

Ground Leases [Policy Text Block]

Ground Leases

Ground lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Campus Crest considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Restricted cash is excluded from cash for the purpose of preparing the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company maintains cash balances in various banks. At times the Company’s balances may exceed the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). The Company does not believe this presents significant exposure for the business.

Restricted cash includes escrow accounts held by lenders for the purpose of paying taxes, insurance and funding capital improvements. The Company’s funds in escrow are typically held in interest bearing accounts covered under FDIC insurance with applicable limits.

Allowance For Doubtful Accounts [Policy Text Block]

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowances for student receivables are maintained to reduce the Company’s receivables to the amount that management estimates to be collectible, which approximates fair value. The allowance is estimated based on past due balances not received on contractual terms, as well as historical collections experience and current economic and business conditions. When management has determined that receivables are uncollectible, they are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. Recoveries of accounts previously written off are recorded when received.

The following is a summary of the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2015 (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2014	$	(459)
Bad debt expense		(741)
Write offs		9
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	(1,191)

Write offs during the three months ended March 31, 2014 were immaterial.

Intangible Assets, Finite-Lived, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Intangible Assets

Campus Crest’s intangible assets consist of acquired in-place leases and the trademark for the Copper Beech brand name. As previously mentioned, the acquired in-place leases are amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining initial term of the respective leases, generally less than one year. The gross carrying amount, accumulated amortization and net carrying amount of the acquired in-places leases was $26.0 million, $8.7 million and $17.3 million as of March 31, 2015, respectively. Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was $8.7 million. The estimated amortization expense for the remainder of 2015 is $20.1 million, which includes amortization related to the properties acquired as part of the Second CB Closing of $2.8 million. The Copper Beech trademark, which is a non-amortizing intangible asset, has a carrying value of $3.7 million as of March 31, 2015. In accordance with FASB ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, indefinite-lived intangible assets that are not subject to amortization must be tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or circumstances indicate they might be impaired. As such, the Company will perform an impairment test in relation to the Copper Beech trademark on an annual basis or more frequently, if needed. As described in Note 6, the amount of the acquired in-place lease intangibles and related amortization and the amount of the Copper Beech brand name intangible are based on preliminary estimates that may change when the related acquisition accounting valuations are finalized.

Deferred Financing Costs [Policy Text Block]

Deferred Financing Costs

Campus Crest defers costs incurred in obtaining financing and amortizes these costs using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the expected terms of the related loans. Deferred financing costs as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were $12.9 million and $11.7 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $5.5 million and $4.8 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Upon repayment of the underlying debt agreement, any unamortized costs are charged to earnings. Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization, are included in other assets, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Noncontrolling Interests [Policy Text Block]

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling interests represent the portion of equity in the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries which are not attributable to the Company’s stockholders. Accordingly, noncontrolling interests are reported as a component of equity, separate from stockholders’ equity, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. On the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), operating results are reported at their consolidated amounts, including both the amount attributable to the Company and to noncontrolling interests. See also “Consolidated Variable Interest Entity.”

Student Housing Revenue [Policy Text Block]

Student Housing Revenue

Students are required to execute lease contracts with payment schedules that vary from annual to monthly payments. The Company recognizes revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease contracts which for new tenants is typically 11.5 months for Grove and evo properties and 12 months for Copper Beech properties. The lease term for renewing tenants for all properties is typically 12 months. Generally, unless sufficient income can be verified, each executed contract is required to be accompanied by a signed parental/guardian guaranty. Amounts received in advance of the occupancy period or prior to the contractual due date are recorded as deferred revenues and included in other liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Property Management Services [Policy Text Block]

Property Management Services

 Management fees are recognized when earned in accordance with each management contract. Incentive management fees are recognized when the incentive criteria are met.

Development Construction And Management Services [Policy Text Block]

Development and Construction Services

Development and construction service revenue is recognized using the percentage of completion method, as determined by construction costs incurred relative to total estimated construction costs for each property under development and construction. For the purpose of applying this method, significant estimates are necessary to determine the percentage of completion as of the balance sheet date. This method is used because management considers total cost to be the best measure of progress toward completion of the contract. Any changes in significant judgments and/or estimates used in determining construction and development revenue could significantly change the timing or amount of construction and development revenue recognized.

 Development and construction service revenue is recognized for contracts with entities the Company does not consolidate. For projects where revenue is based on a fixed price, any cost overruns incurred during construction, as compared to the original budget, will reduce the net profit ultimately recognized on those projects. Profit derived from these projects is eliminated to the extent of the Company’s interest in the unconsolidated entity. Any incentive fees, net of the impact of the Company’s ownership interest if the entity is unconsolidated, are recognized when the project is complete and performance has been agreed upon by all parties, or when performance has been verified by an independent third party. When total development or construction costs at completion exceed the fixed price set forth within the related contract, such cost overruns are recorded as additional investment in the unconsolidated entity. Entitlement fees and arrangement fees, where applicable, are recognized when earned based on the terms of the related contracts.

Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings represent the excess of construction costs and profits recognized to date using the percentage of completion method over billings to date on certain contracts. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings represents the excess of billings to date over the amount of contract costs and profits recognized to date using the percentage of completion method on certain contracts. Billings to date on such contracts totaled $51.0 million and $49.3 million as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. During the three months ended June 30, 2015 the Company has billed the costs and estimated earnings outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and expects to collect the amounts billed during the remainder of 2015.

Marketing and Advertising Costs [Policy Text Block]

Marketing and Advertising Costs

Marketing and advertising costs are expensed during the period incurred and included in student housing and general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Marketing and advertising expenses were $0.5 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Derivatives, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

Campus Crest enters into interest rate cap agreements to manage floating interest rate exposure with respect to amounts borrowed, or forecasted to be borrowed, under credit facilities. These contracts effectively limit the amount of interest the Company needs to pay should interest rates exceed contracted levels. The Company had two interest rate caps as of March 31, 2015.

 All derivative instruments are recognized as either assets or liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets at their respective fair values. Changes in fair value are recognized either in earnings or as other comprehensive income (loss), depending on whether the derivative has been designated as a cash flow hedge and whether it qualifies as part of a hedging relationship, the nature of the exposure being hedged and how effective the derivative is at offsetting movements in underlying exposure. The Company discontinues hedge accounting when: (i) it determines that the derivative is no longer effective in offsetting changes in the cash flows of a hedged item; (ii) the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised; (iii) it is no longer probable that the forecasted transaction will occur; or (iv) management determines that designating the derivative as a hedging instrument is no longer appropriate. In situations in which hedge accounting is not initially designated, or is discontinued and a derivative remains outstanding, gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument are recorded in current period earnings as a component of other income (expense) line item on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value of derivative contracts was insignificant.

Commitments and Contingencies, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Commitments and Contingencies

 Liabilities for loss contingencies, arising from claims, assessments, litigation, fines, penalties and other sources, are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the assessment can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income Taxes

The Company has made an election to qualify, and believes it is operating so as to qualify, as a REIT under Sections 856 through 859 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company’s qualification as a REIT depends upon its ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, various complex requirements under the Internal Revenue Code relating to, among other things, the sources of the Company’s gross income, the composition and values of the Company’s assets, the Company’s distribution levels and the diversity of ownership of its stock. The Company believes that it is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and that the Company’s intended manner of operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT.

 As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to U.S. federal and state income tax on taxable income that it distributes currently to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year and does not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, the Company will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates and generally will be precluded from qualifying as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years following the year during which it lost its REIT qualification. Accordingly, the Company’s failure to qualify as a REIT could materially and adversely affect the Company, including its ability to make distributions to its stockholders in the future.

Campus Crest has made the election to treat TRS Holdings, the Company’s subsidiary which holds the Company’s management companies (as well as the development and construction companies included within discontinued operations) that provide services to entities in which the Company does not own 100% of the equity interests, as a TRS. As a TRS, the operations of TRS Holdings and its subsidiaries are generally subject to federal, state and local income and franchise taxes. The Company’s TRS accounts for its income taxes in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which includes an estimate of the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities of the TRS entities are recognized based on the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to reverse.

 Campus Crest follows a two-step approach for evaluating uncertain tax positions. Recognition (step one) occurs when the Company concludes that a tax position, based solely on its technical merits, is more-likely-than-not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) to be sustained upon examination. Measurement (step two) determines the amount of benefit that more-likely-than-not will be realized upon settlement. De-recognition of a tax position that was previously recognized would occur when the Company subsequently determines a tax position no longer met the more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained. The use of a valuation allowance as a substitute for de-recognition of tax positions is prohibited.

Comprehensive Income, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), which consists of unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments and foreign currency translation adjustments. Comprehensive income (loss) is presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) is displayed as a separate component of stockholders’ equity.

Share-based Compensation, Option and Incentive Plans Policy [Policy Text Block]

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company grants restricted stock and restricted Operating Partnership ("OP Unit”) awards that typically vest over either a three or five year period. A restricted stock or OP Unit award is an award of shares of the Company’s common stock or OP Units that are subject to restrictions on transferability and other restrictions determined by the Company’s compensation committee at the date of grant. A grant date generally is established for a restricted stock award or restricted OP Unit award upon approval from the Company’s compensation committee and Board of Directors. The restrictions may lapse over a specified period of employment or the satisfaction of pre-established criteria as the Company’s compensation committee may determine. Except to the extent restricted under the award agreement, a participant awarded restricted stock or OP Units has all the rights of a stockholder or OP Unit holder as to these shares or units, including the right to vote and the right to receive dividends or distributions on the shares or units. The fair value of the award generally is determined based on the market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the applicable vesting period for the entire award with cost recognized at the end of any period being at least equal to the shares that were then vested.

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]

Foreign Currency

Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded in local currency at actual exchange rates at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet dates are reported at the rates of exchange prevailing at those dates. Any gains or losses arising on monetary assets and liabilities from a change in exchange rates subsequent to the date of the transaction have been included in discontinued operations, if resulting from operations within the Company’s development or construction service company, or other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had foreign currency exposure to the Canadian dollar. The aggregate transaction gains and losses included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were not significant.

The financial statements of certain equity method investees and certain foreign subsidiaries are translated from their respective functional currencies into U.S. dollars using current and historical exchange rates. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are reported separately and included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in stockholders' equity in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Upon classification as held for sale, sale or liquidation of the Company’s investments, the translation adjustment would be reported as part of the gain or loss on classification, sale or liquidation. During the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized a foreign currency translation loss of $0.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively, related to its investment in CSH Montreal, LP (“CSH Montreal”). Foreign currency translation loss is included in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and in comprehensive income (loss) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Insurance Premiums Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Insurance Recoveries

Insurance recoveries are amounts due or received under the Company’s applicable insurance policies for asset damage and business interruption relating to the previously disclosed fire at The Grove at Pullman, Washington and to the damage at The Grove at Wichita Kansas, and The Grove at Wichita Falls, Texas. Business interruption recovery is recorded when realized and included as a reduction within student housing operations expenses within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recognized zero and $0.6 million, respectively of business interruption recovery. As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had a receivable for property damage of $4.6 million and $5.5 million, respectively.

Segment Reporting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Segments

The Company has identified three reportable business segments: (i) Grove and evo operations (ii) Copper Beech operations and (iii) property management services. The Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments based on operating income (loss). All inter-segment sales pricing is based on current market conditions. Unallocated corporate amounts include general expenses associated with managing the Company’s three reportable operating segments. Prior to the closing of the Copper Beech sale transaction in January 2015, the Company’s segments consisted of student housing operations and property management services. Upon closing of this transaction, the Company added the Copper Beech operations as a new reportable operating segment. During the first quarter of 2015, the Company’s chief operating decision maker began reviewing the separate operating results of the three operating segments to make decisions about resources to be allocated to each segment and assess each segment’s performance.

Immaterial Corrections [Policy Text Block]

Immaterial Corrections

Subsequent to the issuance of the Company’s 2014 consolidated financial statements, the Company became aware of two immaterial corrections that were necessary to be made to the consolidated financial statements. These errors related to the second, third and fourth quarters of 2014. The Company has adjusted the prior year consolidated financial statements to reflect the impact of these immaterial corrections. The total impact of these immaterial corrections increased the previously reported net loss attributable to common stockholders from $174.9 million to $177.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). As a result, accumulated deficit and distributions changed from $298.8 million to $301.6 million in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. The first immaterial correction related to receivables of $1.9 million included in other assets, net in the consolidated balance sheet that were determined to be incorrectly recorded and uncollectible in connection with construction activities associated with the Company’s investment in CSH Montreal, which was included in discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The second immaterial correction related to $0.9 million of pre-development costs that were inadvertently excluded from the impairment of land and pre-development costs recorded in 2014. This correction had the effect of decreasing the carrying value of land and properties held-for-sale as of December 31, 2014 and increasing the impairment of land and pre-development costs by $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2014 in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). No changes in net cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows resulted from these immaterial corrections.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, "Consolidation (Topic 810)", which amends the consolidation requirements in ASC 810, “Consolidation”. ASU 2015-02 affects reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. Specifically, the amendments: (i) modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities ("VIEs") or voting interest entities, (ii) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, (iii) affect the consolidated analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships and (iv) provide a scope exception for certain entities. ASU 2015-02 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the impact is not known.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, "Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)", which simplifies the presentation of debt issuance costs. To simplify presentation of debt issuance costs, the amendments in this update require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. For public business entities, the amendments in this Update are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of the amendments in this Update is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the impact is not known.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 "Revenue From Contracts With Customers" which provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition model for contracts with customers (excluding certain contracts, such as lease contracts) to improve comparability within industries. ASU 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize revenue to reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount the entity expects to be paid in exchange for those goods and services and provide enhanced disclosures, all to provide more comprehensive guidance for transactions such as service revenue and contract modifications. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and may be applied using either a full retrospective or modified approach upon adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the impact is not known.

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Strategic Repositioning Initiatives (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Severance Costs [Line Items]
Balance at December 31, 2014	$ 5,743
New charges	122
Cash payments	(1,732)
Balance at March 31, 2015	$ 4,133

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

Future minimum payments over the life of the Company’s corporate office lease and long-term ground leases subsequent to March 31, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

2015	$	1,923
2016		2,270
2017		1,963
2018		1,513
2019		1,327
Thereafter		26,821	(1)
Total future minimum lease payments	$	35,817

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2015 - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Common and Preferred Paid-in Capital [Member]	Accumulated Deficit and Distributions [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Total Stockholder's Equity [Member]	Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 479,234	$ 61	$ 648	$ 773,998	$ (301,566)	$ (2,616)	$ 470,525	$ 8,709
Amortization of restricted stock awards and operating partnership units	1,014	0	0	1,014	0	0	1,014	0
Foreign currency translation	(651)	0	0	0	0	(558)	(558)	(93)
Non-controlling interest in Copper Beech at Ames	0	0	0	5,653	0	0	5,653	(5,653)
Non-controlling interest -OP units	71,344	0	0	0	0	0	0	71,344
Non-controlling interest -CBTC 8 and 9	4,483	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,483
Net income (loss)	10,683	0	0	0	12,840	0	12,840	(2,157)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2015	$ 566,107	$ 61	$ 648	$ 780,665	$ (288,726)	$ (3,174)	$ 489,474	$ 76,633

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Student Housing Properties

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Real Estate [Abstract]

Real Estate Disclosure [Text Block]

3. Student Housing Properties

The following is a summary of the Company’s student housing properties, net for the periods presented (in thousands):

	March 31,		December 31,
	2015		2014
Land	$	117,352	$	76,043
Buildings and improvements		1,291,153		781,739
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		97,792		78,180
		1,506,297		935,962
Less: accumulated depreciation		(138,830)		(128,121)
	$	1,367,467	$	807,841

In January 2015, the Company exercised its option to acquire the remaining interests in 28 Copper Beech properties (26 at 100%, one at 85%, and one at 84%), thereby increasing its student housing properties (see Note 6).

In July 2013, the Company experienced a fire at The Grove at Pullman, Washington, a property under construction, which resulted in a partial loss of the property. The Company has settled with its insurance company on a loss of $6.8 million, of which the Company received $2.5 million in insurance proceeds in 2013 and has received the remaining $4.3 million during the third quarter of 2015. This settlement resulted in the write off of $0.3 million to reduce the receivable to the settled amount. This is included in write off of other assets in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

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Asset Dispositions and Discontinued Operations (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$ (1,157)	$ 939
Construction And Development Operations [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue	0	7,333
Construction and development service expense	(1,157)	(6,394)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$ (1,157)	$ 939

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) CAD in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 CAD	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Lease Obligations Expiration Year	2023	2023
Ground Leases Obligations	$ 0.4
Ground Leases Obligations Expiration Year	2081	2081
Guarantees Investment	$ 6.2
Capital Lease Obligations	1.3
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net	0.3		$ 0.2
Guarantees, Fair Value Disclosure	9.4
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities	$ 5.5
HSRE I [Member]
Description For Guarantees One	up to 100% of $11.2 million of debt through May 2015	up to 100% of $11.2 million of debt through May 2015
Guarantees, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 3.2
HSRE IX [Member]
Description For Guarantees Three	up to 25% of $90.1 million of debt maturing in July 2016	up to 25% of $90.1 million of debt maturing in July 2016
CSH Montreal [Member]
Guarantees Underlying Debt	$ 41.1	CAD 52.0
Line of Credit Facility, Average Outstanding Amount	$ 82.1	CAD 104.0
HSRE V and HSRE VI and HSRE X [Member]
Description For Guarantees Two	up to 50% of $132.6 million of debt with varying maturity dates from May 2015 through September 2018	up to 50% of $132.6 million of debt with varying maturity dates from May 2015 through September 2018

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Fair Value Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fixed-rate mortgage loans	[1]	$ 387,019	$ 163,341
Variable-rate mortgage loans		16,548	16,613
Construction loans	[1]	162,928	120,719
Exchangeable Senior Notes		97,588	97,419
Other Debt		6,888	2,827
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fixed-rate mortgage loans		0	0
Variable-rate mortgage loans		0	0
Construction loans		0	0
Exchangeable Senior Notes		0	0
Other Debt		0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fixed-rate mortgage loans		372,771	164,808
Variable-rate mortgage loans		16,417	16,467
Construction loans		162,011	119,952
Exchangeable Senior Notes		102,030	101,793
Other Debt		7,024	3,014
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosures [Line Items]
Fixed-rate mortgage loans		0	0
Variable-rate mortgage loans		0	0
Construction loans		0	0
Exchangeable Senior Notes		0	0
Other Debt		$ 0	$ 0

[1] As stated in Note 6, on January 30, 2015, the Company and certain of its affiliates completed the acquisition of substantially all of the Sellers’ remaining interests in most of the Copper Beech properties. This acquisition represents $220.5 million of the increase in the fixed-rate mortgage loans, $37.9 million of the increase in the construction loans and $4.5 million of the increase in other debt related to Copper Beech letters of credit.

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Organization and Description of Business (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule Of Properties In Which Company Has Operating and Under Construction Interest [Table Text Block]

	Properties in
	Operation
Wholly owned Grove properties		36
Joint Venture Grove properties		8
Total Grove Properties		44
Joint Venture evo properties		3
Wholly owned Copper Beech properties		26
Joint Venture owned Copper Beech properties(1)		9
Total Copper Beech properties		35
Total Portfolio(2)		82

⁽¹⁾ The Company holds a 48% ownership interest in 7 unconsolidated properties, as well as an 84% interest in one property and an 85% interest in one property, both of which are consolidated. See Notes 6 and 18 for additional information.

⁽²⁾ The Company’s 100% owned redevelopment property in Toledo, Ohio, which was acquired in March 2013 is excluded. As of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2015, this property was classified as held for sale.

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Equity (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common shares at beginning of period	64,742	64,502
Issuance of common shares	112	0
Forfeiture of restricted shares	(134)	(15)
Common shares at end of period	64,720	64,487

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Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Common Stock Outstanding Roll Forward [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of changes in the shares of the Company’s common stock for the periods shown (in thousands):

   

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Common shares at beginning of period		64,742		64,502
Issuance of common shares		112		-
Forfeiture of restricted shares		(134)		(15)
Common shares at end of period		64,720		64,487

Changes In Shares of Operating Partnership Units [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of changes in the number of OP Units not owned by the Company for the periods shown (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
OP Units at beginning of period		401		434
Issuance of OP Units		10,354		-
OP Units at end of period		10,755		434

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Equity

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

13. Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company’s 8.0% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) ranks senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company’s affairs. The Company pays cumulative dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock from the date of original issue at a rate of 8.00% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per share (equivalent to the fixed annual rate of $2.00 per share). Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are payable quarterly in arrears on or about the 15th day of January, April, July and October of each year.

 The Company may not redeem the Series A Preferred Stock prior to February 9, 2017, except in limited circumstances relating to the Company’s ability to qualify as a REIT. On or after February 9, 2017, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on such Series A Preferred Stock to, but not including, the date of redemption. The Series A Preferred Stock has no maturity date and is not subject to mandatory redemption or any sinking fund. Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will generally have no voting rights except for limited voting rights if the Company fails to pay dividends for six or more quarterly periods (whether or not consecutive) and in certain other circumstances. 

Common Shares and OP Units

An OP Unit and a share of the Company’s common stock have essentially the same economic characteristics as they share equally in the net income (loss) and distributions of the Operating Partnership. An OP Unit may be tendered for redemption for cash or share of common stock; however, the Company has sole discretion and must have a sufficient amount of authorized common stock to exchange OP Units for shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis.

On January 30, 2015, the Company completed the First CB Closing. In addition to cash consideration exchanged for the additional interests acquired, the Operating Partnership issued to the Sellers an aggregate of 10.4 million OP Units. See Note 6 for more information related to the First CB Closing as well as the Second CB Closing that occurred on April 30, 2015.

As of March 31, 2015, there were 75.5 million common shares and OP Units outstanding, of which 64.7 million, or 85.7%, were owned by the Company and 10.8 million, or 14.3%, were owned by other partners. As of March 31, 2015, the fair market value of the OP Units not owned by the Company was approximately $77.0 million, based on a market value of $7.16 per unit, which was the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on March 31, 2015.

 The following is a summary of changes in the shares of the Company’s common stock for the periods shown (in thousands):

   

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Common shares at beginning of period		64,742		64,502
Issuance of common shares		112		-
Forfeiture of restricted shares		(134)		(15)
Common shares at end of period		64,720		64,487

The following is a summary of changes in the number of OP Units not owned by the Company for the periods shown (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
OP Units at beginning of period		401		434
Issuance of OP Units		10,354		-
OP Units at end of period		10,755		434

Dividends and Distributions

During the first quarter of 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors determined, based on an evaluation by management of the Company’s ability to satisfy all financial covenants in the credit agreement for the next four quarters, not to declare or pay dividends on its Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock for the first quarter of 2015. In addition, the Board does not currently intend to declare or pay dividends on its Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock for the remainder of 2015 unless the Company experiences sufficient improvement in its operating results, including enhancing its liquidity position by raising additional capital and/or refinancing its existing credit facility. As these dividends were not declared at March 31, 2015, the Company has not accrued them but has included the preferred stock dividends in the calculation of net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders in the accompanying statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Board of Directors declared a first quarter 2014 dividend of $0.165 per share of common stock and OP Unit. The dividends were paid on April 9, 2014, to stockholders of record on March 26, 2014. At March 31, 2014, the Company accrued $10.7 million related to its common stock dividend in accounts payable and accrued expenses in its accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Board of Directors also declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share of Series A Preferred Stock for the first quarter of 2014. The preferred stock dividend was paid on April 15, 2014, to stockholders of record on March 26, 2014. At March 31, 2014, the Company accrued $2.5 million related to its preferred stock dividend in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the Company’s accompanying consolidated balance sheet.