
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK/Bahrain: BlackSand Capital, a Bahrain-based investment firm, is to launch a UK Student Accommodation Fund valued at more than $160 million.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Caddick Construction has celebrated the topping out of Melbury Court, a 232-bed PBSA development off Old Dryburn Way in Durham.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Packaged Living has expanded its in-house property management business through the acquisition of Apo Group’s third-party operations.

Reading Time: 3 minutesItaly: Greystar will be expanding to Italy, its ninth European market, with its first development in the country for a 400-bed student housing community in Bologna.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Social Hub has submitted plans to redevelop a derelict site in Edinburgh in to a £200 million hybrid hospitality and resi scheme.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ARK Living has expanded its student accommodation portfolio with the launch of the 333-bed ARK Valentine in Gants Hill.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Orka Investments has acquired the Vista Square purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Liverpool.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Landsec has shelved its plans for the redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre, which secured planning consent in October 2025.

Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: A new report from Close Brothers Property Finance and the Housing Forum, with data partner JLL, has revealed the link between urban prosperity and the living sector.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The Spanish government is to approve a €45 million funding package for the development of student housing at public universities.
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