Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to Westley Thurley, European real estate segment leader at Schneider Electric, about the potential for smart building systems to help living sector developers and operators meet ESG targets. Filmed at PropTech Connect 2025 in London.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Global investment firm KKR has acquired a UK PBSA portfolio from Curlew Student Trust II, funded by clients of CBRE Investment Management, for approximately £230 million.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Steve Reed, the Labour MP for Streatham and Croydon North and former leader of Lambeth Council, has been appointed as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Government.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Housing minister and deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has resigned over failing to pay enough stamp duty on a holiday home and breaking the ministerial code.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: Student accommodation operator Nido Living has partnered with PMS provider eviivo to expand its ‘flex living’ model across Iberia, adapting student housing for short-stay
Reading Time: 3 minutesUS: Yugo has acquired Campus Advantage, a leading student housing property management business and real estate investment management firm.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPlans to redevelop London School of Economics’ (LSE) student accommodation have been submitted to Southwark Council by architects Carmody Groarke and Sheppard Robson.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Dominvs has submitted revised plans for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on Stratford High Street in east London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Plans to redevelop a former bingo hall in Leith, Edinburgh, into a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset have been recommended for approval.
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