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WinPBSA has launched the first sector-specific Menopause Best Practice Guide for the student accommodation industry, supported by two new anonymous surveys targeting leadership, HR, and employees to capture the impact of menopause on experienced female talent aged 35–55.

A 500-bed student accommodation site on Freestone Island, opposite the University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter campus, has been listed for sale with immediate development potential.

Unite Group has sold its 571-bed St Pancras Way PBSA scheme in London to USAF for £186 million, receiving around £115 million in cash and the remainder in new USAF units, increasing its stake in USAF to 32%.

L3 Campus and Aureon Partners secured a $53.7 million refinancing for OnShore, a 210-unit, 636-bed student housing community near Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, supporting continued investment in the property’s growth.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will act as transaction advisor for a student accommodation project at Satbayev University, implementing a design-build-finance-operate-maintain model under Kazakhstan’s new 2025 PPP Law.

A 1.063-acre freehold site at Freestone Island, Bristol, opposite the University of Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, is on sale as a fully remediated, demolition-complete PBSA development ready for immediate construction.

Hines, a global real estate investment and management firm, has inaugurated aparto Diagonal Suites, its new hotel located in Porta Diagonal (Esplugues de Llobregat), one of Barcelona’s emerging metropolitan areas.

American Development Corp. plans a $63 million redevelopment of Louisville’s Jefferson Education Center into a student housing complex with 431 beds, targeting Jefferson Community and Technical College students.

Downing Property Finance has secured three PBSA development loans totalling approximately £47.5m across Glasgow, Bristol, and Manchester, reinforcing its growth strategy in the student accommodation sector.

Dominus and Cheyne Capital secured a £250 million loan from Standard Chartered to convert 65 Fleet Street, London, into a 370,000 sq ft student accommodation scheme offering 875 rooms, with 35% at affordable rents regulated by the mayor of London.