Australia & New Zealand

Australian finance giant Macquarie has agreed to buy two student housing businesses in Europe that manage over 12,000 beds, in the latest sign of overseas investors pushing into the sector.

The Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector welcomes EPIISOD, a new premium brand introduced by global accommodation operator Centurion Corporation. The brand’s flagship Australian property is already under construction in Macquarie Park, Sydney, and is scheduled to welcome students by Semester 1, 2026.

The City of Churches will gain a substantial student living asset after the $400-million highrise won approval from the State Commission Assessment Panel.

The west end student accommodation tower is set to be completed in April 2028 and will be home to a cinema, gym, yoga studio and more.

The Living Company paid $32 million for the Waterloo site (marked). The Living Company – a new Scape brand – has bought an inner south Sydney industrial amalgamation with plans for a student accommodation tower.

Amid rising demand for its student accommodation services, Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki has begun a renovation project that will deliver 78 new beds in time for Semester 1 2026. 

Plans for the University of Newcastle's student accommodation in the City's CBD have reached a major milestone.

Scape Lachlan, a striking new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) precinct, is transforming the skyline of Kensington, which is close to the University of New South Wales.

One of the country’s largest super funds, HESTA, will look to invest in student accommodation and self-storage facilities in Europe, taking its $93 billion funds pool further into the global property market.

The University of Auckland has signed a development agreement for a major new student accommodation facility at 22 Stanley Street, next to the award-winning Stuart McCutcheon House in the Carlaw Park Student Village.