Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: John Lewis Partnership has secured planning permission to convert its Bromley Waitrose site into a 353-unit BTR scheme and an upgraded supermarket.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Proptech company Flatfair has announced a partnership with Fresh, a third-party operator of residential rental properties, that will see Fresh’s build-to-rent (BTR) and coliving residents offered an alternative to traditional deposits.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Grainger has acquired a £31 million stabilised 135-unit BTR asset in Manchester.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Pretium, a specialised investment firm with more than US$50 billion in assets under management, has successfully closed its sixth single-family housing fund.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Placefirst and Gatehouse IM have both completed SFR acquisitions from housebuilders Miller Homes and Persimmon respectively.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Bluecastle Capital has acquired a development site in the centre of Cardiff for what will be the tallest building in Wales.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Investment in BTR for the first half of 2024 reached just over £2.6 billion, surpassing the previous half-year high of £2.3 billion set in 2021, according to latest figures from Knight Frank.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Watkin Jones has topped out on a 718 apartment BTR development, Tai Afon, which forms part of the wider Central Quay masterplan in Cardiff.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: Savills latest report on the UK BTR sector says that £300 billion is needed to meet the future household growth requirements, of an additional million homes in the Private Rented Sector by 2031.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIreland: Real estate fund manager Hines and Dutch pension fund asset manager APG have secured €91.5 million refinancing from PGIM Real Estate for a 431-unit BTR scheme in Dublin.
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