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The University of Minnesota Rochester announced plans to expand its campus to accommodate 2,500 students, more than doubling its current enrollment of 1,122, with two new buildings planned: a high-tech classroom and learning innovation center downtown, and a student housing and recreation facility on university-owned land near Soldiers Field.

Australia’s student housing sector faces record demand driven by rising interstate and international enrolments, yet slow planning and delivery delays are pushing many students into the private rental market, intensifying housing shortages despite PBSA assets operating near full occupancy with strong rent growth.

A joint venture between Värde Partners and Hawkins Way Capital will obtain a $431 million CMBS loan for Monarch Portfolio, a collection comprising three student housing communities in New York City and Boston, according to a Morningstar DBRS report. The properties total 2,407 beds across 1,257 units.

Gilbane, in a public-private partnership with The University of Rhode Island, will develop two on-campus student housing communities and reconstruct a third. The companies reached the financial close of the partnership.

GSA has acquired management of additional investments valued at approximately $200 million, including the Luxembourg-based Coral Student Portfolio, expanding its asset base in the student accommodation sector.

StarRez has launched a global Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India, to drive AI-driven product development and accelerate its technology roadmap for student housing management worldwide, expanding its global footprint and capabilities.

Landmark Properties, a fully-integrated real estate firm specializing in development, construction, investment management and operation of high-quality residential communities, and Henderson Park, the international private equity real estate manager, have closed on the acquisition of a 1.21-acre site in Charleston, which they will develop into a 335-bed, six-story student housing community adjacent to the College of Charleston.

The iLiving Group has submitted plans to convert the vacant former university teaching buildings at 94-98 Regent Road, Leicester, into 110 student bedrooms across 20 cluster flats, pending approval from Leicester City Council’s planning committee.

Emory University has launched Phase II of “The Ridge,” its on-campus graduate student housing project, adding 383 beds to the existing 535, with completion expected in summer 2027 to address the shortage of graduate housing near campus.

Winona State University received approval from the Minnesota State Board of Trustees to build a $30 million, 340-bed residence hall called Foundation Hall, designed to improve student housing capacity and quality.