
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investor, developer and asset manager Firethorn, has appointed HG Construction to deliver a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) site in Hackney Wick.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Fusion Group, one of the UK’s largest privately-owned student accommodation developers and operators, has appointed Richard Pilkington as group CEO.

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 minutesCanada: QuadReal Property Group has acquired the UNCLE brand in the UK and Europe as well as Realstar’s UK and Ireland residential operating platform, which will be re-named.

Reading Time: 2 minutesTLJ Access Control has launched the EcoBolt, a Bluetooth-powered energy-saving device designed specifically for the Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Real estate investment company Amro Partners has appointed Paul Clark, a career investor within the global real estate sector with a career spanning 40 years, as a senior adviser.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Fusion Group, in partnership with Cheyne Capital and Related Argent, has secured planning permission for its second purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development at Brent Cross Town.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Real estate developer Regal has received a resolution to grant permission for its residential-led Orchard Wharf scheme in Tower Hamlets, London.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Global investment firm KKR has acquired a UK PBSA portfolio from Curlew Student Trust II, funded by clients of CBRE Investment Management, for approximately £230 million.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Plans to redevelop a former bingo hall in Leith, Edinburgh, into a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset have been recommended for approval.
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