Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) has agreed to acquire a 114-home build-to-rent (BTR) development in Bolton for around £19 million, supporting the final phase of the town’s Moor Lane regeneration project.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpain: BentallGreenOak (BGO) and Stoneweg have launched Welco Living, a new flexible accommodation brand backed by a €500 million investment programme aimed at building a major flex living platform across Spain.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Ridgeback Group have acquired Metra Living, the private rented sector (PRS) business of London & Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q), in a deal worth £1.045 billion.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Avalon Partners, a specialist living sector consultancy has launched to support developers, investors and operators.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Insurance giant AXA has completed the sale of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), a major worldwide living sector investor, to BNP Paribas.
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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) has overtaken multi-family as the highest priority target sector for European operational real estate investors, according to new research.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInvestment in European living real estate rose 19 per cent in 2024 to €53 billion, following a final quarter surge, new figures from JLL reveal.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteULN editor George Sell talks to Zacky Sajjad, business development director at Cavendish Maxwell, about the potential opportunity for the living sector in the Gulf region.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHosted by ULN editor George Sell The RBT Housing commission describes the UK housing shortage as a ‘permacrisis’. How can the living sector play its
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