Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: MCR Property Group has acquired Njoy Student Living and its purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets in Manchester and Leeds.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Aberdeen Investments has put two BTR developments in Leeds and Leicester up for sale, bringing a total of 558 apartments to the market.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Winvic has been given approval in the Building Safety Regulator’s Gateway 2 process to deliver a £130 million build-to-rent (BTR) development in Leeds.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: This was the year that the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF 2026), held from May 19 to 21 at the Royal Armouries and New Dock in Leeds, put itself firmly on the living sector map.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Glenbrook Property has completed a 500-unit build-to-rent (BTR) scheme at Whitehall Riverside in Leeds with funding from Legal and General (L&G).
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Blakeridge Mill Village, a 284-unit BTR scheme in Batley, West Yorkshire, has been placed on the market with a guide price of £35 million-plus.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Build-to-rent (BTR) developer and operator PLATFORM_ has submitted plans for the next phase of its Sweetfields development in Leeds.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: M&G has partnered with an unnamed Asian pension to invest £1 billion in the UK build-to-rent (BTR) sector over the next three years.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate agent Avison Young has launched a residential site opportunity in Leeds city centre, bringing to market a site on Belgrave Street with potential for built-to-rent (BTR), co-living, or student accommodation.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Student accommodation provider Unite Group has sold a portfolio of nine properties totalling 3,656 beds for £212 million to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds. Unite’s share of the proceeds is £140 million.
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