Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Architects Howells has submitted proposals for a 600-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on the site of the former Blackfriars Crown Court in London.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDominik Graetz of DigitalNewX looks at the potential for the human-centric application of AI to real estate and urban development to create better buildings and user-friendy neighbourhoods.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK:The UK later living and care home investment market hit a 10-year high in H1 2025 with £1.5 billion of deals transacting, according to new data from Savills.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Nido Living, the student accommodation platform backed by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), has appointed Daniel Havers as head of Germany.
Reading Time: 4 minutesJemma Shorrock of Boyer looks at ways the UK could return to 1977, the last time 300,000 new homes were delivered in a year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPolish residential rental provider Resi4Rent has agreed to sell 18 assets to TAG Immobilien’s BTR division Vantage Development for €565 million.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Unite and Empiric have agreed terms on a cash and shares deal which values the latter at £723 million.
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: 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.
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