
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Scape, the largest owner and operator of student housing in Australia, has closed on A$3 billion in fresh debt financing.

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Seven countries have issued warnings over travel to the UK in the wake of ongoing violent anti-immigration protests and riots.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: Superannuation fund AustralianSuper has completed its first build-to-rent-to-own housing development (BTRTO), located in Melbourne’s Kensington suburb.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: The NSW government has revealed plans to build apartment blocks for Sydney’s essential workers, offering them reduced rent so they are not priced out of the city.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Developer AsheMorgan has received planning consent for a BTR development in Melbourne’s Docklands which will feature more than 900 apartments over two towers.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: The City of Sydney has proposed several amendments to the Sydney Local Environment Plan that would encourage developers to deliver more BTR and coliving schemes in central Sydney.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Coliv Macquarie, an entity led by Point Capital’s Mark Peters and Lucas Salagaras, has submitted plans for a 16-storey coliving tower in Parramatta, NSW.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAustralia: Developer Cedar Pacific and Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry have signed a deal to jointly develop a $1.2 billion ESG-focused BTR portfolio in Australia and New Zealand.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr Sabine Schaffer of Pro-invest Group talks to ULN about converting hotels to coliving. Filmed at the 2024 GIOHIS conference in Abu Dhabi.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: US BTR giant Sentinel has received consent for a 12-storey, 240-apartment BTR development in Adelaide.
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