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Core Spaces has closed its flagship student housing fund, raising $1.6 billion from global investors. The fund closure, one of the largest capital raises in the sector, will continue to support the company’s expansion through new development and acquisitions across the U.S.

Marcus & Millichap completed the sale of Pine Rock Townhomes, a 30-unit student housing community in Hamden, CT, representing both seller and buyer in the transaction.

 Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC ("Canyon") announced that it has provided a senior loan to a joint venture between Kayne Anderson Real Estate ("Kayne Anderson") and LV Collective for the refinancing of Rambler Atlanta ("the Property"), a Class-A student housing community in Atlanta, GA. TSB Capital Advisors arranged the refinancing.

GRAHAM Investment Projects and Mooney Hotel Group plan a 561-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme at the former Wellington Park Hotel site in Belfast’s Queen’s University quarter, aiming to offer unmatched convenience for students by situating the development close to the university’s main hub.

NSFAS disbursed over R1.1 billion to private accommodation providers in Q1, supporting more than 100,000 students and advancing its plan to internalise accommodation payment functions by 2026.

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.