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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Telford Living has submitted a planning application for a 520-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Bethnal Green, east London. The scheme would see
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Real estate equity firm Ascentris and owner-operator Student Quarters combined in a joint venture to take over a luxury 118-key University of Texas at Austin PBSA.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Maslow Capital has provided £116.6 million in funds for developer YourTRIBE to build a 609-bed PBSA in north London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: MCR property Group has launched the Flow Student platform to grow and operate its 6,000+ bed portfolio.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to three founder members of the new BTR Taskforce.
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