CORT Case Study: Georgetown University

Georgetown University was ready to revamp their staff housing program and ensure that furniture remained in good condition year after year. Creative thinking and collaboration with CORT sparked a new furniture rental program for live-in staff.

Associate Director for Residential Services Matthew Hollingshead was looking for a sustainable way to refresh Georgetown’s staff housing program year after year. With a desire to keep furniture contemporary and in good condition, Hollingshead turned to CORT with the challenge of creating a program to that could provide current, quality furniture that appealed to staff and free up staff hours coordinating and moving furniture.

How We Helped:

Removed and recycled old furniture before replacing apartments with updated CORT furniture pieces.

Delivered and installed furniture in a timely manner, so live-in staff had apartments ready for move-in at the start of school.

Designed a custom staff housing furnishing program that created a predictable furnishing and maintenance staff housing budget for the next five years.

Plans to conduct an annual audit of the furniture to determine which pieces need to be replaced or need maintenance.

CORT's Solution

CORT collaborated with the university to create a customized staff housing program that reduced resources spent on coordinating furniture in staff apartments. The program includes a detailed outline of maintenance and delivery expectations, an annual audit, the terms of the lease, cost per unit and furniture pieces included for each apartment.

The Result

When it came time to prepare staff housing for the new school year, CORT arrived with trucks in tow. CORT’s professional installation team removed furniture from each staff apartment and replaced it with new pieces from the CORT collection. The apartments were ready for staff move-in just in time for school to begin and so far the response from staff have been nothing but positive. In fact, Georgetown decided to add two additional units to their lease.

About Georgetown University’s Office of Residential Living

Georgetown University embodies the Jesuit ideal of Cura Personalis – caring for the whole person: mind, body and spirit. The Office of Residential Living is helpful and responsive to both individuals and the community and creates comfortable, inclusive communities that foster formation and engagement.

"We have been very happy with our partnership with CORT. The CORT team is friendly, creative and professional. Providing new, quality furniture in our live-in staff apartments has been a big win for our department."

- Patrick Killilee, Executive Director, Residential Services

Flexible Solutions

From overflow housing needs and summer specialty programs to swing space for special projects, CORT can scale to fit your furniture needs.

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Quality & Style

Whatever your campus aesthetic, CORT offers stylish solutions for temporary faculty and staff housing.

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Freedom to Focus

Maintaining furniture can quickly drain resources. Let CORT handle it all, while you focus on what matters.

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CORT Case Study: Georgetown University

Georgetown University was ready to revamp their staff housing program and ensure that furniture remained in good condition year after year. Creative thinking and collaboration with CORT sparked a new furniture rental program for live-in staff.

How We Helped:

CORT's Solution

The Result

About Georgetown University’s Office of Residential Living

"We have been very happy with our partnership with CORT. The CORT team is friendly, creative and professional. Providing new, quality furniture in our live-in staff apartments has been a big win for our department."

Flexible Solutions

Quality & Style

Freedom to Focus

We’re ready to get to work.

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