Europe

Global Student Accommodation (GSA) has appointed Linda Delmedico as Regional Development Manager in Italy. Linda is GSA’s first employee in the country, marking a significant milestone in the company’s European growth strategy.

In Bayreuth, opposite the university, another student residence is to be built. The development plan still needs to be changed for this. The site was previously intended for a mix of residential and commercial use. But because the Zapf company has moved away, commercial use is no longer required.

Brookfield Asset Management is putting its Spanish student housing business, Livensa Living, up for sale, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Kajima Europe has acquired Student Depot's third development site in Warsaw, bringing its total operated and secured buildings in Poland to 12. Warsaw Ciołka Street will provide 628 rooms and various amenities across eight floors, totalling 10,100 sqm of NLA.

The University of Coimbra is renovating the Alegria student residence to create better conditions for its students.

Global Student Accommodation (GSA) has formed a joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate, one of the largest real estate investment managers in the world, on behalf of its parent company TIAA, and signed an agreement to acquire the YouFirst Campus portfolio in France from Gecina for €540m.

Two of the world’s largest real estate investors partnered to buy a €540 million ($567 million) portfolio of student housing across France from Gecina, as demand for the space continues to swell among major asset managers.

Student feedback gathered from the latest wave of the GSL Index (2024 Q4), has highlighted the best performing universities and private student housing operators...

LaSalle Investment Management and Urbania, an investment and asset management company with a €1.1bn portfolio under management, have announced their joint venture partnership to develop a portfolio of living assets in Spain.

CBRE Investment Management has acquired a newly developed student housing campus in Milan, Italy, on behalf of a separate account client. Financial details of the off-market deal were kept confidential.