Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Packaged Living and Buccleuch Property have received the green light for a six-storey 156-unit coliving scheme on the site of the Poundstretcher store in Woolwich, south-east London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Helical and its joint venture partner Places for London have agreed a forward-funding deal for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme above Southwark tube station.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInvestment manager BGO Strategic Capital Partners has partnered with real estate investor LRC Group to invest in a 2,100-unit multi-family portfolio.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to three founder members of the new BTR Taskforce.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Legal & General is set to acquire the former Lambeth Hospital site in south London, where it will deliver a £350 million GDV build-to-rent (BTR) scheme.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) is withdrawing from its build-to-rent (BTR) property business, blaming a “fundamental shift” in the economic conditions that underpinned the venture when it launched in 2020.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Cavan Companies announced the development of a bungalow-style 153-unit build-to-rent community in Kansas City.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Student HMO landlords have been allowed to serve expulsion notices during a two-month period after the Renters’ Rights Act is introduced.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Homes England has made two executive leadership appointments, bringing “extensive experience and trusted leadership” to the agency.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Real estate investment firm Kennedy Wilson will be acquired by a consortium led by its chief executive William McMorrow and Fairfax Financial in a $1.5 billion (£1.11 billion) deal.
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