
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: 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: 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: 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.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Property investor Albert Investment and design firm ThreeSixty Architecture have revealed updated proposals for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at 93–113 St George’s Road in Glasgow’s Charing Cross.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London has seen a sharp rise in student bedrooms approvals during 2024 and early 2025, helping to reverse years of under-delivery against the capital’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) targets.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Urban Living Festival (ULF), London’s cutting edge networking and educational event for the living, hospitality and flex workspace sectors, is delighted to be working with global home furnishings brand IKEA.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Mott MacDonald and Arcadis have been appointed as the technical delivery services partners for Places for London, the Transport for London (TfL) property company.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Watkin Jones has signed a development partnership to deliver around 200 purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) units on Bristol’s Freestone Road.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteManchester-based MCR Property Group has acquired a portfolio of five student assets across the East and West Midlands.
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