
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Property investor and developer Strawberry Star has announced the launch of a dedicated BTR arm, Star Living.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: 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 minutesJapan: 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 minuteUS: A division of Blackstone is set to acquire multifamily housing owner/operator Preferred Apartment Communities Inc for $5.8 billion.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: 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 minutesUK: 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 minutesUK: Realstar and Lendlease have agreed forward funding for BTR units at Deptford Landings in south-east London.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: L&G’s suburban BTR division has acquired a development in Great Haddon, Peterborough from developer Countryside.

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: < 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.