Reading Time: 2 minutes France: PBSA operator UXCO Group has secured €140 million of financing from BNP Paribas for its ECLA Campus in Paris. The financing transaction will be used by the Brookfield-owned company to refinance the existing debt backed by the 1300-bed ECLA existing residence, and finance the acquisition of a plot next
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: This week saw the staging of the inaugural Urban Living Festival in London. The event, held at Tobacco Dock, was themed around three stages, STAY, LIVE and WORK. It focused on the increasingly blurred lines between hospitality and real estate asset classes, and featured a mix of presentations, panel
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Barings has acquired The Trilogy, a BTR scheme in Manchester, for £53.5 million.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Watkin Jones has received resolution to grant planning permission for a 600-unit mixed-use BTR and PBSA scheme in Bath.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Godwin Developments has been given the go ahead to build 336 flats on the edge of Sheffield city centre.
Reading Time: 2 minutes BTR and PBSA developer, Watkin Jones, has announced that contracts have been exchanged for the sale of Hove Gardens, a build-to-rent scheme in Hove.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Apache Capital has launched Present Made, described as the UK’s first branded, purpose-built single-family build-to-rent platform.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Guest engagement platform Criton and electronic locking system TLJ Access Control have partnered to enable hotels to offer guests a fully contactless experience including mobile check in and mobile key.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Figures from Students have revealed that student accommodation lettings for the 2021/22 academic year are down by five per cent year-on-year.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: A 330-bed Bath student development could become the latest PBSA building to convert some of its rooms to an aparthotel.