American Campus Communities (ACC) is the nation’s premier developer, owner and manager of high-quality student housing communities. Since 1993, ACC has developed more than $2.3 billion in properties and acquired in excess of $2 billion in student housing assets. They are also a leader in third-party development and management of on-campus student housing.

During the last few years ACC has experienced significant growth, creating the need for effective collaboration and sharing of documentation throughout their corporate office as well as their property staff. An existing SharePoint 2003 intranet site provided the ability for the sharing of information at the corporate level, but it had not been adopted at property sites. A large merger brought ACC’s total employee count to over 2,000 people and the situation to a head. Effectively leveraging their SharePoint platform for collaboration and documentation became a priority.

With the introduction of MOSS 2007 and enhanced features like key performance indicators (KPIs), better search and integration with Office 2007, ACC saw a way to enable effective information sharing and productivity across the board, as well as ease the burden on storage and accessibility to property documentation. Needing a partner with extensive SharePoint expertise and the ability to deliver on time and within budget, ACC turned to Catapult Systems.