Hillside Commons

What Hillside Commons does

Hillside Commons is a purpose-built student housing community located at 150 Blodgett Drive in Oneonta, New York, serving undergraduate students enrolled at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta. The asset offers fully furnished apartment units in multiple floor plan configurations, with a curated amenity package that includes a movie theater, study lounges, and an outdoor courtyard with grilling stations, a pizza oven, a fire pit, hammocks, and pergola seating. The property is explicitly positioned as a peer-only, student-centric community where every resident is a college student.

The company operates a direct-to-consumer rental model: prospective residents discover the property via the visithillside.com website, schedule tours, submit online lease applications, and manage their tenancy (rent payment, maintenance requests, messaging) through a resident portal. The technology stack is built on Entrata's property management platform, which handles leasing workflows, the resident portal (myhillsidecommonsny.residentportal.com), payment processing, and maintenance ticketing. Day-to-day property operations, resident screening, and property disclosures are administered by Greystar, the largest U.S. student housing operator, which serves as the property management partner and is listed as the parent entity.

Hillside Commons monetizes through recurring monthly apartment rental income on leases typically aligned with academic semesters or the full academic year. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quoted per unit/floor plan/lease term via the leasing office. The company is privately held, domiciled in Oneonta, NY, and operates from a single property. Its go-to-market is narrow: a single asset serving a single campus demographic with no disclosed expansion, additional properties, or external capital structure.

Name

Hillside Commons

Legal name

Hillside Commons

Website

https://hillsidecommons.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hillside Commons is a single purpose-built, fully furnished student apartment community at 150 Blodgett Drive in Oneonta, NY, serving SUNY Oneonta students. The asset is operated by Greystar and uses the Entrata property management platform for leasing, resident services, and rent collection.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Housing / Residential Real Estate

NAICS

Rooming and Boarding Houses, Dormitories, and Workers' Camps (72131)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Student & Academic Term Monthly Housing (THAMAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Off-Campus Housing Support & Landlord Relations (EDALACAJ), Off-Campus Shared Student Houses (Room-by-Room) (THAMAGAC)

Keywords

• Student housing rentals
• Furnished apartments
• Off-campus housing
• Residential leasing
• Property management

Headquarters

HQ city

Oneonta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Apartment Rental Income: Monthly rental payments from apartment leases to students. Residents pay recurring monthly rent for fully furnished apartments. The property generates revenue through long-term residential leases typically aligned with academic semesters or academic year terms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Hillside Commons rents fully furnished apartments to college students near SUNY Oneonta in Oneonta, New York. The community offers multiple floor plan configurations, resident amenities including a movie theater, study lounges, courtyard with grilling area, firepit, and pizza oven, and is professionally managed by Greystar through the Entrata property management platform. Residents apply, sign leases, pay rent, and submit maintenance requests through the digital portal.

Product overview

Hillside Commons is a student-centric apartment rental community near SUNY Oneonta in Oneonta, NY. The offering consists of furnished apartment rentals available in multiple floor plan configurations, complemented by community amenities including a movie theater, study lounges, courtyard with grilling facilities, and fire pit area. The community is managed through the Entrata property management platform, which handles leasing, resident services, and maintenance requests.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hillside Commons Student Apartments Furnished apartment rentals for students near SUNY Oneonta in Oneonta, NY, offered in multiple floor plan configurations with shared community amenities (movie theater, study lounges, courtyard with grilling area, firepit, pizza oven). Residents apply, sign leases, pay rent, and submit maintenance requests through the Entrata-powered property management portal, with on-site leasing support from Greystar-managed staff.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GreystarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreystar is the property management company overseeing Hillside Commons. They provide property management services, maintain the property website (visithillside.com), and handle resident-related services including screening criteria, privacy policies, and terms of use. Greystar is a major player in student housing property management.
• EntratacoreTechnology or IntegrationEntrata provides the property management software platform powering Hillside Commons' website, online leasing applications, resident portal (myhillsidecommonsny.residentportal.com), payment processing, maintenance requests, and general property management operations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Annex Group: Developer and operator of student housing, workforce housing, and multifamily. Their student housing portfolio directly competes with Hillside Commons for off-campus residents at universities across the U.S.
• Education Realty Trust (EdR): Now part of Greystar, EdR operated a portfolio of collegiate housing communities — directly comparable to Hillside Commons' purpose-built student housing model and customer segment.
• Landmark Properties: National developer and operator of purpose-built student housing, including high-end amenitized communities near college campuses. Comparable in product offering (furnished units, resort-style amenities, student-targeted marketing) and customer segment.
• American Campus Communities: One of the largest publicly-traded (now Blackstone-owned) owners, managers, and developers of student housing communities in the U.S. Operates purpose-built student housing near major universities — directly comparable to Hillside Commons' product and customer base.
• Capstone Real Estate (Capstone On-Campus Management): Operates a large student housing portfolio across the U.S., including third-party managed off-campus properties. Closely comparable operating model to Greystar's role at Hillside Commons.
• Campus Apartments: Owner, operator, and developer of student housing since 1958, with off-campus apartment communities near major universities. Directly comparable in product, customer, and lease terms.
• Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions: Develops and manages student housing communities through public-private partnerships with universities. Comparable in product type and customer base, though skewed to university-affiliated developments.
• Scion Student Living: Operator of student housing communities focused on amenitized, furnished off-campus apartments. Direct peer in terms of product, customer, and lease structure (per-bed/per-lease academic-year rentals).

Broad incumbents

• Asset Living: Large multifamily and student housing third-party manager. Comparable in role as a third-party operator to what Greystar provides Hillside Commons, and operates student housing communities serving similar customer segments.
• Greystar Real Estate Partners: The largest operator of student housing (and apartments generally) in the U.S. and Hillside Commons' parent company. Broad incumbent peer whose student housing division offers the same product/category as Hillside.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HillsideCommons
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hillside-commons

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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