Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK/Bahrain: BlackSand Capital, a Bahrain-based investment firm, is to launch a UK Student Accommodation Fund valued at more than $160 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Caddick Construction has celebrated the topping out of Melbury Court, a 232-bed PBSA development off Old Dryburn Way in Durham.
Reading Time: 3 minutesItaly: Greystar will be expanding to Italy, its ninth European market, with its first development in the country for a 400-bed student housing community in Bologna.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: ARK Living has expanded its student accommodation portfolio with the launch of the 333-bed ARK Valentine in Gants Hill.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Orka Investments has acquired the Vista Square purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Liverpool.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Landsec has shelved its plans for the redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre, which secured planning consent in October 2025.
Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: A new report from Close Brothers Property Finance and the Housing Forum, with data partner JLL, has revealed the link between urban prosperity and the living sector.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSpain: The Spanish government is to approve a €45 million funding package for the development of student housing at public universities.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: A new report by Knight Frank has found that rental growth in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) slowed to 1.5 per cent in the 2026/27 academic year, as affordability pressures and increased competition reshaped leasing conditions across the UK PBSA market.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Built environment consultancy Ridge has appointed Andrew Stanford as a partner to establish and lead its new living-sector transactions and strategic advisory offer.
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