Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: A 300-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Kingston has been put up for sale, offering investors exposure to one of London’s strongest student housing markets.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteItaly: Invel Real Estate has entered the Italian purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector with an €18 million investment in two developments in Milan and Padua.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Nottingham City Council is considering new uses for some of its purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) as vacancy levels across the city rise.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investment manager Cain has introduced a purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) strategy in London, where it intends to provide 2,000 student beds in the capital.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Plans have been unveiled for a 570-bed PBSA scheme on the former Mamas & Papas site at West Quay Retail Park in Southampton.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has launched a $1.2 billion bid to acquire Japanese student housing company J.S.B., marking the private equity firm’s first take-private deal in Japan since opening its Tokyo office in 2025.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Student housing operator The Scion Group has agreed to acquire Atlanta-based operator Student Quarters, adding nearly 13,000 beds and around $1.5 billion in student housing assets under management to its portfolio.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFrance: Urban Living News is a media partner for the new FHS Living event, which has been launched by The Bench.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Artisan Real Estate has launched St Vincent Studios, a new purpose-built student accommodation development in Glasgow city centre that will provide 321 studio apartments.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Investec Bank has provided a £19.25 million development loan to support the redevelopment of a former hospital site into student accommodation in Birmingham.
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