Australia & New Zealand

Griffith University has opened a new student accommodation tower at its Gold Coast campus, adding 460 beds and increasing on-campus housing capacity to nearly 1,000 beds, addressing local student housing demand.

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Australia is fast becoming a student housing hotspot for global investors who are being forced to look beyond traditional markets in the UK, the US and Canada.

UEM Sunrise Bhd reported a 126% increase in first-half property sales to RM1.47 billion, driven by its built-to-rent development in Collingwood, Australia, and stronger project contributions in southern and central Malaysia, surpassing its full-year sales target of RM1.3 billion by 13%.

A portfolio of 14 student housing buildings in Paradise, Adelaide, comprising 110 bedrooms across three freehold sites, is set to sell for approximately $17 million, offering a projected 9 per cent yield and expected net income of $1.51 million by 2026.

WEE HUR (BURANDA 2) PTY LTD has submitted a $97 million State Significant Development application for a 12-storey, 449-room purpose-built student accommodation at 35-51 Nicholson Street, Wollstonecraft, proposing demolition of existing structures and construction on a 2,744 sqm site.

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Savills Australia and New Zealand is exclusively marketing 141–155 Commonwealth Street in Surry Hills, a 913 sqm corner site offering one of the last ground-up development opportunities within Sydney’s Tech Central precinct, suitable for co-living or purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) with around 100 rooms.

Mainland Capital has begun demolishing Antonio Hall in Christchurch to develop a 450-bed student accommodation village on the 1.5ha site at 265 Riccarton Rd, addressing a longstanding gap between first-year university halls and private rentals near Canterbury University.

Point Capital secured development approval for a 606-unit modular student housing project at Macquarie Park, Sydney, marking an expansion of its modular construction strategy beyond hotels into the PBSA sector.