
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrance: Staycity has undertaken a major refurbishment of its Gare de l’Est property in Paris, giving all 50 apartments and guest areas a makeover.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: BTR developer and operator Cortland has appointed Jason Kern as president of investment management, a new role created to support the firm’s growth in the US and overseas.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS / Brazil: New York-based proptech company Blueground is leading an investment round in Brazilian real estate technology startup Tabas.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Next-generation lodging firm Sonder has gone public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company [SPAC] Gores Metropoulos II.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Serviced apartment agency Situ is partnering with Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), a global not-for-profit organisation focused on unlocking skilled migration pathways for refugees predominantly based in Jordan and Lebanon.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJapan: Oakwood has opened Oakwood Hotel & Apartments Azabu, the first hotel-licensed serviced apartment propertyto be developed by Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Hyatt has signed management agreements with Stratford City Hotels Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of M&L Hospitality, for Hyatt Regency London Stratford and Hyatt House London Stratford.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Amro Partners, in partnership with Flemyn LLP, has acquired the Croydon Park Hotel in south London for a £200 million GDV BTR development.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: infinitSpace, a white label flexible workspace provider co-founded by former WeWork MD of North and West Europe Wybo Wijnbergen, has launched its first London location in Aldgate Tower.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Revised plans have been submitted for an aparthotel in a grade II-listed building in Leeds city centre.