Europe

Baker McKenzie has advised Straco Real Estate on the sale of two student housing assets located in Salamanca and Valencia to Greystar, an international investor and operator in residential real estate.

SSH selected Koninklijke Heijmans to design and build the Ginkgo student housing complex in Utrecht, adding 483 rooms to address the city’s housing shortage; construction will start in 2027 with completion expected by mid-2029.

The Student Housing Foundation (SSH), one of the Netherlands’ largest student housing providers, has formalized its commitment to develop around 2,000 student units in Eindhoven, addressing the city’s growing housing shortage and supporting regional growth ambitions alongside local partners.

Across Europe, student accommodation operators are grappling with a familiar challenge: rising expectations, shrinking margins, and the growing complexity of running mixed‑use, digitally enabled...

When the final athletes depart Milan’s 2026 Winter Olympic Village, the site will begin one of the fastest legacy transformations in Olympic history. In...

Greece has launched an €18.6 million renovation of the Athens Student Residence, a public university housing facility on Patision Street operating since the 1960s, to enhance student living conditions.

An operator’s perspective from Enis Bayik, Managing Director at Home & Co, on what institutional investors now expect from PBSA in Germany. Germany’s PBSA market...

Ardian and Rockfield’s European student housing venture expanded by 1,500 beds through three acquisitions in France, Spain, and Italy, including forward purchases in Milan and Bordeaux and a standing asset in Barcelona, marking its first investment in France since launching in late 2024.

CDP publishes the PNRR call for proposals for new university housing: €599 million, contributions of up to €20 per bed, and a target of 60 student housing by 2027.

Prop.com acquired a 315-unit former student dormitory in Trier for €12.75 million, marking its first investment in Germany and signaling a strategic focus on undervalued assets in key European university towns, with further acquisitions planned in Cologne and Munich.