Scion Advisory Services joins CannonDesign’s growing education and student life consultancy
January 13, 2026
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We’re excited to share that Scion Advisory Services, a premier education consultancy in North America, has officially joined CannonDesign.
Dedicated to helping colleges and universities optimize their residential programs, the Scion Advisory Services team brings deep experience in housing planning, residential life administration, real estate finance, and program and asset management.
Providing services ranging from market studies to full housing master plans and P3 transactional support, Scion Advisory Services has collaborated with more than 300 North American campuses, earning its reputation as a leader in student living.
Scion Advisory Services' expertise bolsters our rapidly growing consulting practice, anchored by Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, with an even greater ability to drive strategic impact for education institutions at every scale.
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Among the current and past clients of Scion’s Advisory Services are some of the most dynamic education institutions in the United States, including the University of Maine System, the California State University System, the University of Arkansas and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The team has also delivered work for over 50 Canadian colleges and universities, including the University of Ottawa and University of Calgary.
CannonDesign has previously partnered with Scion Advisory Services on housing and residence life planning projects at the University of Rochester, University of Rhode Island, the University of Massachusetts and Florida State University. Our history of successful collaboration makes Scion’s consulting capabilities a strong complement to CannonDesign’s existing design and consulting services.
Beyond Scion Advisory Services’ deep student life experience, the team also has extensive experience in structuring and guiding successful public-private partnerships (P3s). As more institutions turn to P3s as a delivery solution, Scion’s expertise in financial structuring, risk allocation and stakeholder alignment is paramount.
“Scion Advisory Services is a highly regarded partner across the education ecosystem, already delivering visionary work on campuses of every type,” remarked Brad Lukanic, AIA, LEED AP, CEO of CannonDesign. “This move represents our shared commitment to helping our clients reach new heights and set new precedents in education design and strategy.”
Scion Advisory Services will operate under its current name for an interim period before fully integrating into CannonDesign’s education consulting practice within Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, working in close partnership with our higher education planning and design teams.
Scion Advisory Services joining CannonDesign is the latest in a series of strategic moves advancing our firm’s evolution as a design firm capable of helping clients solve challenges of nearly any type across the built environment and beyond. Other recent acquisitions include Jenkins•Peer Architects, a Charlotte-based design firm; Christner Architects, a St. Louis-based design firm; Yellow Brick Consulting, a leader in healthcare transition and activation; and The Clarient Group, experts in smart-building consulting.
