Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: More than 2,000 student accommodation beds have been sold through HMO transactions across the UK in the past 12 months, according to YieldMe.
Reading Time: 2 minutesNigeria: Nigeria accounts for around one million of Africa’s estimated 1.5 million student housing bed shortage, according to a new report examining purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) across the continent.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Aprirose Real Estate has begun a major refurbishment programme at Central Studios in Reading as part of a wider strategy to reposition the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset.
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.
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