Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate developer Regal has received a resolution to grant permission for its residential-led Orchard Wharf scheme in Tower Hamlets, London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Global investment firm KKR has acquired a UK PBSA portfolio from Curlew Student Trust II, funded by clients of CBRE Investment Management, for approximately £230 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: SpaceFlex.London, the flexible workspace brand from real estate entrepreneur Tadhg Flanagan, has launched, bringing a landlord-partnered model to London’s flex sector.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hong Kong-based investment holding company TROOPS, Inc. has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to acquire a UK property portfolio valued at around £40
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Construction group Galliford Try has completed the first phase of build-to-rent (BTR) homes at Brent Cross Town in London, part of an £8 billion regeneration project led by developer Related Argent and Barnet Council.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Retirement village developers and operators Elysian Residences and Audley Group have merged to create the UK’s largest retirement village provider, with a combined sales value exceeding £3 billion.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Singapore-based property developer UOL Group has agreed to acquire Varley Park, a student accommodation complex in Brighton, UK, from the University of Brighton for £43.5 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Ealing Council, West London, has set a target of over 40 per cent “genuinely affordable” housing in build-to-rent (BTR) developments to qualify for fast-track planning approval.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Property investor Albert Investment and design firm ThreeSixty Architecture have revealed updated proposals for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at 93–113 St George’s Road in Glasgow’s Charing Cross.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London has seen a sharp rise in student bedrooms approvals during 2024 and early 2025, helping to reverse years of under-delivery against the capital’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) targets.
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