Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Elite Commercial REIT, a UK-focused Singapore investment vehicle, has revealed plans to reposition several properties in its portfolio to support its expansion into the BTR and PBSA sectors.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Developer South Bank Square has submitted a planning application for a PBSA scheme on the site of the Fanum House office block.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recent changes to permitted development rights are welcome, but with the housing crisis worsening, the flexibility of the new Class MA should be extended further, says James Doherty of Boyer.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: UK BTR investment volumes in Q1 2024 reached £433.3 million, down from £1.2 billion in the same period last year, according to new preliminary data from CBRE.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Singapore: Mapletree Investments has acquired 8,192 student housing beds from Cuscaden Peak Investments, in a deal worth £1 billion (S$1.7 billion).
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Swiss Life Asset Managers and True North Management have created a partnership to invest in the UK co-living sector, with Swiss Life taking a minority stake in True North.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Dominus, a real estate platform with assets under management of more than £1 billion, and real estate financing firm Cheyne Capital have completed two senior loans worth approximately £400 million to provide development finance for two PBSA developments in the City of London.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Real estate asset management firm Outpost Management, has announced the forward-funding acquisition of a 462-unit development in North Acton, London, through its joint venture with BlackRock Private Markets from developer and contractor, Tide.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: One-stop property management solution Opago has announced the acquisition of the assets of defunct proptech company Staykeepers.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: A new survey of global real estate fund managers has found that 56 per cent of investors feel optimistic towards the outlook for UK and European commercial real estate investments over the next 12 to 18 months.
