Student Housing

International Campus Group (IC) has opened The Fizz Leiden for rental, a total of 394 student apartments offering a home for students in the centre of Leiden. Within a few days of opening, 147 apartments had been rented.

A partnership comprising Amro Partners, IP Investment Management ('IPIM') and Heed Capital ('Heed') has secured planning approval for Amro Valencia Puerto, Amro's second PBSA asset in the city and IPIM & Heed's maiden investment in Valencia. Planning consent was secured within a 12-month timeframe, a local record, with constr...

Medinvest Asset Management's and King Street Capital Management's joint venture has reached an important milestone, having invested close to €200 million since its formation in 2021.

Round Hill Capital has sold its Nido Living business to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). The transaction represents a successful disposal for Round Hill Capital, having owned the business for 12 years.

Greystar Real Estate Partners has agreed to acquire Capital House from Kier Property Developments Limited and Investec in an off-market opportunity, as part of its ongoing PBSA growth strategy in Europe.

Tri7 and its joint venture partner Fusion Group have secured planning permission from Leeds City Council for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA)-led scheme in the centre of the city.

Amro Partners and Falco Capital have financed their joint student housing project in Alicante with a €17.5m 3-year development loan from Fiera Capital's European Real Estate Debt platform. The global asset management firm is making its debut into the Iberian market via the Article 8-compliant Fiera European Real Estate Debt F...

The Italian DeAgostini Group intends to further expand its German business and has appointed Robert Schneider as German CEO of DeA Capital Real Estate. The real estate expert comes from Barings and will in future drive the expansion of a significant real estate portfolio for the Italian company by forming joint ventures with ...

Greystar has announced the arrival of Vincent Dubusset as Senior Technical Director. He will be responsible for the technical development of Greystar's portfolio, strengthening its presence in France and contributing to the company's portfolio of housing for students and young professionals.

According to a survey conducted by Savills Investment Management and real estate advisor Savills, involving real estate investors with total assets under management (AuM) exceeding €700bn+, these investors alone will be looking to allocate €63.8bn to the European Living sectors over the next three years.

Coima SGR has secured €50m from CDP Real Asset for the transformation of the 2026 Olympic Village into Italy's largest purpose-built student accommodation development.

Hines has acquired a new 260 bed PBSA development at Gas Lane in Bristol on behalf of the Hines European Property Partners Fund (HEPP). The agreed sale will represent the first transaction between the company and Watkin Jones.

Hines launches student accommodation platform in France, announcing two major investments to create c. 1,300 new beds as part of ambition to deliver 4,000 over 5 years.

International Campus Group opens letting for its second Havens Living property in Frankfurt-Bockenheim, located at Voltastrasse 81.

Signal Capital Partners, along with Griffin Capital Partners and Echo Investment will launch a new student housing platform. The joint venture is aiming to develop, as a first step, an operating portfolio of 5,000 purpose-built student beds across key academic cities in Poland over the next three to five years.

DRC Savills Investment Management has provided a senior loan to re-finance Coliseo Europea, a 406-bedroom Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) development in Madrid owned by Princeton Investments (Princeton).

Alumno and partners Hurlington Capital have recently gained approval for a new development on Marshgate Lane in Stratford, east London. The proposed site lies adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which hosted the UK capital's 2012 Games. Planning permission for the development was granted on 27 February 2024. The dec...

Tri7 and its joint venture partner Fusion Group have submitted a planning application to Haringey Council for a mixed-use scheme in Wood Green, London.