Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: BTR operator Way of Life has today launched the first guest suites at The Gessner, a “hospitality-inspired residential offer” in Tottenham Hale, north London.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Japan: Ascott Residence Trust (ART) will invest around JPY 10.4 billion (£70 million) to acquire four rental housing properties and its first student accommodation property in Japan.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: A division of Blackstone is set to acquire multifamily housing owner/operator Preferred Apartment Communities Inc for $5.8 billion.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI) has announced plans to invest £2.5 billion of retirement funds into BTR schemes over the next five years.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: NatWest and Leumi UK will provide debt packages to support EQT Exeter and Sigma Capital’s residential joint venture to bring affordable new rental homes to Greater London
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Realstar and Lendlease have agreed forward funding for BTR units at Deptford Landings in south-east London.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: L&G’s suburban BTR division has acquired a development in Great Haddon, Peterborough from developer Countryside.
Reading Time: 2 minutes US: 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: < 1 minute UK: 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 minutes UK: Crosslane Residential Developments has unveiled proposals for a major BTR development at Ocean Point 2, next to Ocean Terminal in Leith, two miles from Edinburgh city centre.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK/UAE: Serviced apartment company Cheval Collection has appointed Nick Pilbeam as chief commercial officer (CCO).
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada: Hospitality group Kalido will open Keefer House this July, a boutique aparthotel located in Vancouver’s Chinatown district.Â
Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore: Hong Kong-based rental accommodation provider Weave Living has acquired a freehold serviced apartment building at 12 Shan Road in Novena, Singapore, in partnership with BlackRock and Lian Beng Group.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Indonesia: Serviced apartment complex, Kiara Ocean Place, has opened in Batu Belig, Bali, marking the latest addition to Mirah Investment & Development’s portfolio.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia: Quest Apartment Hotels, a member of The Ascott Limited, has partnered with independent media platform Galah to amplify regional voices and boost rural tourism across the country.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Flexible-use hospitality and multifamily operator Placemakr has launched a pop-up aparthotel in Nevada.
Reading Time: 2 minutes EMEA: Rajdeep Gahir, former head of expansion at WeWork, has joined flexible accommodation provider Urban Rest as head of portfolio growth for EMEA.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Saudi Arabia: Boutique hospitality brand Earth Hotels will open its first two properties in Saudi Arabia from 2026, totalling 375 hotel rooms and serviced apartments.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Egypt: Somabay, an exclusive Red Sea resort in Egypt, has launched the sale of its residential project, Arc of Soma: The Lagoon Edition.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Europe: Wilde Aparthotels will open three properties this year, located in Cambridge, Lisbon and Vienna.