All Student accommodation articles – Page 14
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NewsCMA gives green light to GCP Student Living takeover deal
Regulator clears £969m Blackstone and Scape Living deal for GCP portfolio after two investigations.
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OnlineInfrastructure Investments secures funding for £100m London PBSA scheme
Infrastructure Investments has secured debt funding from ICG for a central London PBSA development with a £100m GDV, Property Week can reveal.
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NewsGCP Student takeover ‘cleared’ by CMA
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the takeover of GCP Student Living’s PBSA assets after launching two investigations into the proposed £969m acquisition.
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InsightA new era for the PBSA sector
CRM Students’ motto as an operator of student halls is to put residents at the heart of everything. Its chief executive officer Richard Skeels tells Property Week the future of PBSA is set to change in the wake of the pandemic, which has shifted students’ priorities when seeking accommodation.
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MarketsPBSA’s post-Covid bounceback
As student numbers boom after a turbulent year, PBSA demand is surging.
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NewsJLL’s Hillman flags up £5bn of student deals
Chairman of living capital markets division highlights boom in PBSA deal activity.
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OnlineHow covid proved the resilience of PSBA
Before the March lockdown, the student accommodation sector was probably having the best year to date. The student housing cycle is very much eat, sleep repeat - and once October rolls around, you do it all over again.
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NewsParalympic legend joins Property Week’s student event line-up
Paralympic legend Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson will join the speakers at Property Week’s Student Accommodation Conference & Awards on 8 December at the InterContinental O2.
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NewsQ&A: Round Hill on the European PBSA sector
Neil Burton and Brian Welsh discuss the investor’s JV with CPP Investments.
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NewsBNP Paribas loans £117.5m to French PBSA firm
French PBSA operator UXCO Group has been loaned €140m (£117.5m) from BNP Paribas to fund its ECLA campus in Paris.
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NewsWiredScore announces expansion across Europe
WiredScore, the company behind the WiredScore and SmartScore rating schemes, has announced its expansion across Europe.
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InsightHow to aid students’ wellbeing
For some of the UK population, the recent pandemic has shone a light like never before on a previously less visible issue affecting society: mental wellbeing. One in four people in the UK are now affected by a mental health problem, according to health.org.uk.
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NewsAres and Generation launch UK PBSA brand
Ares Management Corporation and Generation Partners have launched a UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) brand called Here! Student Living.
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NewsBeachrock sells PBSA site in Stratford to Watkin Jones
Watkin Jones has snapped up a prime student housing site in Stratford, east London, from investor 2020 Capital for around £17m.
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NewsQ&A: Nido COO on why it is targeting Europe
Darren Gardner talks about owner Round Hill’s £850m JV with CPP Investments.
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OnlineServicing strong investment interest in student accommodation
Although the pandemic created obvious disruption in the higher education sector, recovery is underway.
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NewsLiverpool PBSA asset hits the market
Knight Frank has been instructed to sell Unity Square, a student accommodation asset in Liverpool, for £15.25m.
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OnlineProfit set to hit target despite revenue coming in below forecasts at Watkin Jones
Watkin Jones has revealed annual revenue will come in “slightly below expectations” for the year to the end of September, but that profit will be in line with expectations.
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NewsRound Hill Capital and CPP Investments launch €1bn+ European PBSA JV
Real estate investor Round Hill Capital and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) have announced a joint venture to invest in over €1bn (£850m) of European PBSA assets.
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NewsKnight Frank markets £34m PBSA property in Southampton
Knight Frank has been instructed to market Capital House in Southampton, a student accommodation asset on behalf of joint venture partners Kier Property and Investec Bank.
