Augusta, GA
Company that manages AU dorms files for Chapter 11
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The company that manages Augusta University’s dorms is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
“Corvias Campus Living – USG” runs student housing at AU and several other state schools in Georgia.
It says it has worked for years to make its partnership viable with the University System of Georgia.
But now the company says it needs to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure the deal.
The company made headlines in 2023 when a pipe break delayed students from moving into Oak Hall and a year earlier when mold was found in Oak Hall and neighboring Elm Hall.
Despite those snags, it says students rely on the company “to deliver an exceptional student housing experience.”
It said in a statement that it “remains committed to delivering an award-winning housing experience for students throughout the process.”
Corvias also handles some military housing, although not at Fort Gordon. In Georgia, it has contracts at nine of the state’s higher education institutions.
The company claims the student housing program is not sustainable because things have changed a lot since it won the contracts.
It blames a number of factors, including COVID, higher costs, and lower revenue and student occupancy than expected.
It claims it has “gone above and beyond its contractual requirements – even forgoing its management fee for all but two months over the past five years.”
While the process moves forward, the company says it plans to “provide the same high-quality operations and maintenance services” and meet its obligations to employees, vendors and others by utilizing cash on hand, subject to approval as part of the process.
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AUGUSTA, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $87 million sale of Mason Augusta, a 462-unit apartment community located at 101 Pine Forest Road in Augusta. Taylor Bird, Robert Stickel, Alex Brown, Nelson Abels and Laura Aylor of Cushman & Wakefield’s Sunbelt Multifamily Advisory Group represented the seller, Waypoint Residential, in the transaction. The buyer was Southwood Realty Co.
Mason Augusta was developed in two phases in 2022 and 2024 and was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 685 to 1,321 square feet, as well as a fitness center with yoga and spin studio, resort-style pools with sundecks and tanning ledges, clubhouse with e-lounge and coffee bar, game room, business center and a dining and lounge terrace with outdoor fireplace.
Other amenities at Mason Augusta include an automated parcel system, dog park and indoor pet spa, garages and outdoor gathering spaces with grilling kitchens and fire pits.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Augusta Fire Department responded to a fire on the 200 block of Boy Scout Road Sunday afternoon, officials say.
Officials on the scene said they are no reported injuries and that there were six buildings impacted by the fire.
According to our crews, the buildings look to be a part of the Ventana Townhomes.
Richmond County Sheriff’s Office shut down portions of Boy Scout Road between Skinner Mill Road and Commons Boulevard while crews battled the fire.
Dispatchers said they started receiving calls about the fire around 2:34 p.m.
We are working to learn the cause.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An inmate from the Charles B. Webster Detention Center died Sunday afternoon after being transported to Piedmont Hospital by EMS, officials told us.
On Sunday, July 5, 2026, at approximately 1:52 p.m., deputy jailers at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center responded to an inmate who was found unresponsive inside a cell.
The Coroner’s Office said it responded to Piedmont hospital, and the inmate was pronounced dead at 2:36 p.m.
An autopsy has been scheduled.
The Coroner’s Office said the inmate’s identity will be released after the family is notified.
We also don’t know the cause of death yet. It’s unknown what medical issue led to the transport.
Members of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division responded to the detention center. In accordance with protocol, the scene was secured, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was requested to conduct an independent investigation.
The investigation remains active and ongoing.
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