QIC Global Infrastructure and Northeastern University have successfully completed the transition of management of the University’s parking system to MasParc and Mobility LLC.
QIC formed MasParc in January as part of its 50-year partnership with Northeastern University, the first of its kind for a private university in the United States.
With the transition, MasParc will now manage all aspects of the parking system at Northeastern, a large, urban university in the heart of Boston, including the parking permit system, enforcement, event parking management, parking facility maintenance, and major renovations. MasParc has selected LAZ Parking to operate the university’s Boston campus parking facilities.
As a result of the agreement, Northeastern University received an upfront capital commitment from QIC that will allow the university to support its education mission and priorities of globalization and innovation in higher education and research.
Over the next year, MasParc will make several improvements to the university’s parking facilities, including re-striping and power washing all garages and lots, repairing surface lots, installing new signage, and introducing real-time parking occupancy counters and license plate recognition for quicker entry and exit.
The company also plans to invest in major technology upgrades and integrate mobile technologies into its services, which will benefit its customers, the environment, and the broader university community.
MasParc is QIC’s second parking partnership in the United States. In 2012, QIC formed CampusParc, which operates all aspects of The Ohio State University’s parking system. Now in its seventh year, CampusParc continues to operate one of the largest university parking systems in the United States.
In related news, Matthew Inman has been named general manager of MasParc. Inman, a parking and transportation expert, was formerly director of transportation and parking services at Florida State University from 2014 until earlier this year. In that role, he introduced a campus-wide License Plate Recognition system and managed FSU’s transition to a “virtual” permit campus. Prior to FSU, Inman was with Carl Walker Inc. for 14 years, where he completed more than 300 parking and transportation consulting projects for public and private clients across North America.
