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Nixon Property has listed a fully consented development opportunity on Heavitree Road, Exeter, featuring seven blocks with 399 PBSA studios and 414 co-living units, targeting both student and co-living markets.

The University of Cincinnati secured state approval to acquire nearly 300 student-housing beds across three contiguous parcels near its Uptown campus for $33.2 million.

Hawthorn Capital, a private investment firm founded in 2022, has acquired Sale-based Xenia Property Group, which manages over 4,000 residential and student units through its divisions Xenia Estates, Xenia Students, and Xenia Lettings, marking a strategic expansion in property management services.

Scape has submitted plans for a 45-storey student accommodation tower at 229-235 Southwark Bridge Road in Elephant and Castle, designed by Morris + Company to deliver 798 units and 851 bed spaces, expanding the area’s emerging high-rise cluster.

The University of Mississippi is executing approximately 170 construction projects valued at $1.3 billion, marking one of the largest building programs in the southeastern U.S. higher education sector, aimed at modernizing facilities and supporting long-term growth.

Nido Livensa Group, the leading European student accommodation platform backed by CPP Investments, has completed the disposal of five purpose-built student accommodation assets in Portugal as part of its active capital management strategy to accelerate growth across Europe.

TrustCapital and Taylor’s Assets have formed a strategic joint venture to establish a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) investment platform in Malaysia, targeting the development and acquisition of student housing assets backed by institutional capital.

Lambeth Council narrowly approved a major development at Vauxhall Square with a 4-3 vote, despite concerns over reducing affordable housing from 35% to 25% and significant carbon emission issues raised by experts.

Hurlington Capital has begun construction on a mixed-use development in West London’s Bollo Lane, supported by a £112 million facility from a lender consortium led by Precede Capital Partners, to deliver 429 PBSA rooms, 95 social rented homes, and over 35,000 sq ft of commercial space near key underground stations.

Cardiff-based developer Urban Centric has secured a £24.25m refinancing facility from Handelsbanken for Fitz & Knox, Wales’ first co-living scheme, which offers 208 fully occupied studio apartments with communal amenities in central Cardiff.