Asia

Savills has launched the entire East Town Building in Wan Chai for sale, offering a 21-storey property with 144,395 sq ft gross floor area and existing tenancies, positioned for potential conversion into student accommodation.

Seoul’s co-living supply has surged nearly 22-fold since 2017, driven by a rise in single-person households now comprising 40.5 percent of the city’s population, attracting major institutional investors like Morgan Stanley, CPP Investments, and GIC to develop and convert properties into co-living spaces across prime districts.

The Assembly Place (TAP) is committing up to S$2.5 million to a S$300 million living-sector fund managed by ICHAM, targeting investments across Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region to expand its accommodation portfolio without direct property ownership.

Malaysia missed its target of 250,000 international students by 2025. Its new ambition is twice as high. In February 2025, GSL News reported that Malaysia...

Invesco Real Estate has launched a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) platform in Seoul, starting with five assets near Korea University that will provide over 400 beds across 80,000 square feet, targeting affordable housing for domestic students.

Wee Hur Holdings Ltd has secured a contract from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) facility with approximately 1,398 beds at NTU’s Yunnan Campus.

The winners of the 2026 GSL Awards were revealed on Wednesday evening at a spectacular ceremony at Horizon 22 in London, bringing together universities,...

Global Student Living (GSL) has acquired StudentReviews.com, a UK and Europe-focused student accommodation review platform with over 50,000 verified ratings since 2016, expanding GSL’s capabilities from benchmarking to public reputation management.

SGX-listed Coliwoo agreed to sell two River Valley Road co-living properties to Qing Feng Construction for S$45.8 million, with a three-year leaseback; the deal follows a recent S$134 million Midtown sale and aims to strengthen Coliwoo’s balance sheet as it pursues a 10,000-room target by 2030.

Centurion Corporation will acquire six parcels of land in Adelaide’s city centre for approximately S$22.3 million to develop a mixed-use accommodation project, including purpose-built student housing, subject to planning approvals.