Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: More than four years after initial plans were unveiled, CERT Property has gained planning approval for a 30-storey scheme in Salford.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia/UK: AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest superannuation fund, has announced the creation of a new UK Living platform, with an initial £500 million (A$1.1 billion) of investment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany/Sweden: Real estate investment manager Hines has made two major living sector acquisitions via the Hines European Core Fund (HECF).
Reading Time: 2 minutesLloyds Living has acquired Start Living, a 610-home SFR portfolio established through a joint venture between Gatehouse Living Group and TPG Real Estate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The John Lewis Partnership has secured planning consent to deliver 170 build-to-rent (BTR) units on a former industrial site at Mill Lane in Reading.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGermany: Urban Partners, has secured planning consent for a 140-unit built-to-rent (BTR) development in Berlin’s Pankow district.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to David Woodward, CEO of GAA Living, about the living sector in mainland Europe, future consolidation in the coliving space, the potential for ‘garden style’ BTR developments in the UK and more.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Native Communities has become the first third-party BTR/multifamily operator to achieve B Corp certification.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Student tenancies will not be covered by rent controls in the Housing (Scotland) Bill after MSPs voted not to include them during the Bill’s final stage through Parliament.
Reading Time: 7 minutesUK: New research from Bidwells reveals the UK’s operational living sector is facing a period of significant challenge, with BTR particularly badly affected – BTR planning applications have fallen to their lowest level since 2015 and current submissions are 35 per cent below the 10-year average.
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