The Scion Group and CannonDesign are excited to share that Scion Advisory Services is now part of CannonDesign. Partnering with one of the largest and most innovative design companies in the world elevates our team’s ability to deliver meaningful campus strategies and solutions to clients across higher education.
Since our founding in 1999, our consulting team has been committed to shaping student housing solutions that create positive impact on campuses across North America. Our ability to deliver on that commitment grows even stronger with this move.
We’ve previously worked with CannonDesign at the University of Rochester, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Massachusetts and Florida State University, and have come to admire their innovative design, strategy, and advisory work. We’re stronger together and excited for the opportunities ahead.
“This is a breakthrough moment for our Scion Advisory Services team. CannonDesign is one of the most admired design firms in the country. CannonDesign’s diverse service offerings, commitment to design excellence and convergence, and extensive client relationships expand our possibilities,” said Jay Pearlman, Principal at Blue Cottage of CannonDesign. “Together, we can partner with university leadership to chart bold futures that enrich the campus experience for current and future generations.”
CannonDesign is among the most recognized design firms in the world, repeatedly named by Fast Company as one of the Most Innovative Companies in North America and one of the Best Workplace for Innovators. In 2025, the company also earned distinction as one of Fortune Magazine’s World Changing Companies.
The firm has an existing education consultancy and empowers Scion Advisory Services with new services around architecture, engineering, technology planning, facility management services, building transition and activation, along with a range of other design and consulting services.
Through its Living-Centered Design approach, CannonDesign leads with purpose and uses design to make a measurable impact on the communities and clients it serves. The firm has deep roots in higher education, having worked extensively with most of the U.S. World & News Report Best Colleges.
Notable is CannonDesign’s diverse typology expertise and service offerings. CannonDesign consistently works across student life, recreation and wellness, health education, academic research, libraries and STEM education. Scion Advisory Services now has avenues to amplify our impact across institutions with multifaceted needs.
“Scion Advisory Services has proven itself an agent for positive impact, helping higher education institutions shape meaningful student life outcomes for a quarter of a decade. They make our company stronger immediately,” said Juliet Rogers, Ph.D., MPH, MAPL, Chief Strategy Officer of CannonDesign and president of Blue Cottage of CannonDesign. “Scion Advisory Services equips us to offer higher education institutions end-to-end advisory services at a moment when they are facing numerous shifting forces and market changes.”
We’re elated about this evolution in our practice and very much look forward to the greater impact Scion Advisory Services and CannonDesign can achieve. Learn more about CannonDesign here: www.cannondesign.com
