Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Student Castle has been appointed to manage a portfolio of 21 purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets across the UK.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRedford Developments has secured planning consent for a 400-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on a 1.8-hectare brownfield site in Coventry.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A 282-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Bristol’s Redcliffe neighbourhood has been granted planning consent.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: Singapore-based Mapletree Investments is winding down its $1.3 billion (£1.02 billion) student accommodation fund after it fell well short of performance targets.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Legal & General (L&G) Student Living has bought the Stanley Studios purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset in Southampton for £43 million.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Led by accommodations pioneer Tim Butler, a new living platform has hired Richard Simpson to head its investment division.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) has secured planning consent for the redevelopment of Bankside House, which will provide 1,945 student beds.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Landmark Properties, the largest developer of student accommodation in the US, has been given the green light for a Birmingham city centre PBSA scheme.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK/India: VerbaFlo, the conversational AI platform, has raised a $7 million seed round, led by Pi Labs, with participation from Haatch, Navigate Ventures, Old College Capital – the University of Edinburgh’s in-house venture investment fund, and a group of global family offices, alongside follow-on commitments from anchor investors.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Avalon Partners, a specialist living sector consultancy has launched to support developers, investors and operators.
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