Amber Beat: Global Student Accommodation Market News - January 2024, Week 03

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United Kingdom

• Manchester City Council planning committee set to approve housing accommodating 5,500 students across key locations, including Fallowfield Campus and Upper Brook Street areas (1)
• Zenzic Capital unveils £500M UK PBSA strategy in JV with Tortion Group, featuring £147M, 817 beds in 5 projects across Russell Group University locations, aiming to deliver another 1,566 rooms by 2024 year-end (2)
• Aviva Investors boosts student housing portfolio with £150 million acquisition from Curlew Student Trust, securing 1,000 beds across Edinburgh, Liverpool, Exeter, and Falmouth; Curlew Capital to remain operating partner post-acquisition (3)
• Graham, a construction firm, obtains £70M contract for transformation of former Royal Mail into 660-bed “True Nottingham” student accommodation project (4)
• Tri7 and Fusion Group secure planning permission for 541-bed PBSA development in Loughborough, expected to be completed by AY 2027/28 (5)
• Integritas Property Group secures £11 million funding, backed by Brydg, for the transformation of Deakins Yard into 273-unit student accommodation in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, with construction set to commence this month (6)

United States of America

• The Bascom Group acquires ‘Texan 26’, a 204-bed student housing community located next to the University of Texas, Austin (7)
• Matthew Real Estate Investment Services brokered the sale of ‘The Cottages UWG’, a 29-unit student housing complex, near the University of West Georgia, Carrollton for $5.9 million (8)
• Xavier University of Louisiana plans an $80 million, 600-bed residence hall to address housing shortage amid an influx of out-of-state students (9)
• Greystone Monticello secures $36.3 million bridge loan for 226-unit Bloomington student housing property near Indiana University using green financing initiative (10)
• Eagle Bridge Capital arranges $6.67 million in construction financing for a 48-unit student housing facility near UC Davis, California (11)

Australia

• Willemson Group, a Canberra developer, proposes a 22-story co-living tower with 381 fully furnished one-bedroom units at the Fortitude Valley site (12)
• Pie News research reveals extensive university-agent partnerships in the Australian higher education market: Southern Cross, Curtin, and Torrens lead with over 430 agencies, while Melbourne collaborates with 11 agencies identified (13)

Europe

• Liège to introduce 27 new student accommodations and 10 units for vulnerable seniors by 2025, boosted by €1.3M funding in Belgium (14)
• IPCA unveils €20 Million complex in Barcelos with 133-bed student residence, research center, and 500-seat auditorium, improving academic infrastructure (15)
• Moraval Group set to transform Pamplona, Spain with 300-bed student residence on Aoiz Street with modern amenities, to be ready in September 2025 (16)
• Vanguard student housing introduces 'Boutique Residence' concept to Valencia, Spain, offering exclusive living for students with 38 rooms, including premium services at a strategic location (17)
• Brookfield and Temprano secure €85 Million financing for Livensa Living, expanding student residences, with plans to double portfolio to 20,000 beds by 2028 (18)
• Jülich, Germany set to welcome 172 student apartments in groundbreaking Eleven-Week Miracle Project with an investment of €30 million, construction to begin in March 2024 (19)

Canada

• Global Education Communities Corp (GECC) announces a $99.125 million in funding, covering avenues including private equity investments, new mortgage, mortgage refinancing, structured loan, and a Federal guaranteed low-interest loan for student housing sector (20)
• Canadian government considers reducing international student influx in response to housing challenges; provinces like Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia may face restrictions as discussions stall, despite the projection of hosting 900,000 international students in 2023 (21)

Sources: ((1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21))

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