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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: Community living operator The Assembly Place is expanding beyond co-living as it targets a portfolio of 10,000 keys by 2030.
Reading Time: 12 minutesUK: Backlogs in asylum processing and chronic housing shortages have pushed hotels to the centre of the UK’s asylum accommodation system. With a 2029 deadline in place, the hospitality industry questions how realistic this transition is.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Birmingham City Council has approved Vita Group’s £245 million regeneration plan for the former Axis site on Holliday Street, paving the way for a mixed-use neighbourhood named Goods Station.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLiving sector managing agent Apo Group Ltd (Apo) has made two promotions and a new hire to its management team.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDaniel Johansson, director of development and acquisitions at Cheval Collection, looks at what the BTR sector can learn from hospitality, and why it might not be what you think.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Customer experience technology platform Alliants and property management software-as-a-service [SaaS] solution [PMS] Hospiria have partnered to launch a “groundbreaking” flexible rental platform called 1 LiVNG, which is focused on transforming the residential real estate market.
Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: A new joint venture between tech-powered hospitality operator Bob W and Osborne+Co Investment Management [OCIM] has launched a £120 million equity raise to acquire and repurpose hotel and office assets into “high-quality” short-term serviced apartments.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGermany: Ascott has brought its lyf ‘social living brand’ to Frankfurt
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Vertus, the BTR arm of Canary Wharf Group, has expanded its offer with two new serviced apartment buildings at 3 and 15 West Lane.
Reading Time: < 1 minutePortugal: Feel Group has opened Vertical Firmeza Coworking and Flats, a mixed-use development in Porto’s city centre.
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