Australia & New Zealand

UniLodge has submitted plans for a 32-storey Perth purpose-built student accommodation tower. The prolific student accommodation specialist is planning the 832-bed tower, designed by Rothelowman, for a site at 609 Wellington Street.

Global Student Accommodation (“GSA”), announces that it has refinanced three of its Australian assets with Aareal Bank. With a value of over AUD$200 million, this significant transaction builds upon the Company’s existing relationship with Aareal Bank, reflecting the strength of Australia’s student housing market and the underlying performance of GSA’s portfolio in Australia’s leading educational cities.

JLL has appointed Jack Bergin as head of living for its Australian capital markets business to lead the expansion of Build-to-Rent (BTR), Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA), co-living and seniors living housing services.

The proposed demolition of North Melbourne’s RMIT Village, a 12-storey student housing complex constructed just five years ago, has been recommended for approval, with plans for a new 19-storey student accommodation building to be constructed on the site instead.

Urban Planning Collective has won the support of the Future Melbourne Council for its mixed-use project in North Melbourne. The planners submitted the application to the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning on behalf of owner Centurion Australia Investments.

It has taken three years but developer Fridcorp is finally making progress on its project in the heart of Clayton near Melbourne’s Monash University.

With the post-pandemic surge of tens of thousands of international students returning to study in Queensland it’s a full house in Brisbane’s student accommodation...

Construction has officially commenced at Waterloo Collective, a $900 million joint venture between Mirvac and John Holland, which will deliver a mixed-use precinct combining residential apartments, social housing, student accommodation, commercial offices, a vibrant ground plane including retail, co

The Sydney North Planning Panel has approved plans for a 732-bed student accommodation facility at Macquarie Park, designed by AJC.

Australian Unity has teamed up with investment manager MaxCap Group and student digs operator UniLodge with plans to develop a $1 billion portfolio of accommodation facilities, with the seed asset already acquired in Perth.