Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Housing secretary Robert Jenrick says that a new regulator for construction products will have the power to remove any product from the market that presents a significant safety risk and prosecute companies who break safety rules.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: London-based coliving start-up Gravity has raised $1.4 million to fund its growth plans.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUS: Several properties and companies linked to Quarters, the coliving brand of Berlin-based Medici Living Group, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A controlled affiliate of Starwood Capital, through a joint venture with Property Alliance Group (PAG), has acquired the Renaissance Manchester site from Urban & Civic with plans for a mixed-use scheme including a new hotel, offices and homes.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Developer Conygar has submitted detailed plans for a dual-branded Staybridge Suites and Hotel Indigo property at Nottingham’s Island Quarter development.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIreland: An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a seven-storey coliving complex with 378 beds and communal facilities.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: Real estate management services group LHN is planning to launch a mixed-use development on Singapore’s Keppel Road next month.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A 330-bed Bath student development could become the latest PBSA building to convert some of its rooms to an aparthotel.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The iQ Bankside student accommodation in Ewer Street could operate half of its units as an aparthotel in the first half of 2021.

Reading Time: 2 minutesRomania: Developer SDC Imobiliare, along with overseas investment funds, have launched what they claim to be the biggest real estate project in Romania, a €700 million mixed-use project named Transilvania Smart City.