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France’s Vestalis, Spain’s Bechester, and French firm Move&Rent have merged to form a European group specialising in furniture and equipment for real estate, combining over 40 staff and offices across France and Spain to serve the flex living, student housing, coliving, senior living, and hospitality sectors.

Coventry City Council is reviewing plans to demolish Lynchgate Court at Cannon Park Shopping Centre and replace it with a 661-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme, integrated with new retail space and enhanced public areas.

American Campus Communities, a Blackstone portfolio company, closed a $191 million third-party student housing development at the University of California, Irvine, delivering 1,065 beds scheduled to open in fall 2028.

TSB Capital Advisors arranged senior financing and institutional equity on behalf of Harbor Bay Ventures for construction of The Howard, a 12-story, 707-bed student housing high-rise located near Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

The Base has secured a 20-year lease for a 204-apartment co-living building on Landsberger Straße, Munich, covering approximately 6,800 square metres, with operations set to begin in 2029, marking its second location in the city.

Starkville’s board of aldermen approved a variance and special exemption for a $45 million project by Desai Companies and York Developments, enabling construction of a 100-room Home2Suites hotel and 500-bed student housing on a 21.6-acre site near Highway 12 and Pat Station Road.

Starwood Capital Group and Trinitas Ventures have secured $100.3 million in construction financing to deliver student housing near the University of Pittsburgh.

Giant student landlord Unite Group has announced two senior departures and a plan to become a “smaller, more focused business”.

Further and Higher Education Minister James Lawless has announced the publication of an expression of interest process to support the delivery of thousands of new third level student beds across the country under the Higher Education Institutions Student Accommodation Programme. 

MCR Property Group has acquired the 427-bed Snow Island student accommodation in Huddersfield, located within a three-minute walk of the University of Huddersfield’s Queensgate campus, expanding its Flow Student platform into a new regional market.