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Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Christian Davis as partner in its UK living team, strengthening its expertise in the student accommodation sector.

Sean Purcell applied to Tipperary County Council for planning permission to build two offices behind his existing student apartment site on Mitchell Street, Thurles, which currently houses four apartments for Technological University of the Shannon students.

Villas on Rensch, which has more than 150 units and 600 beds, mostly serving University at Buffalo students, was sold last month to GRJ LLC, a New York City-based real estate developer. American Campus Communities was the previous owner of the complex.

Toll Brothers Campus Living completed interior design for Aperture, a 680-bed off-campus student housing community near the University of Central Florida, featuring 204 furnished apartments in various layouts to meet diverse student needs.

Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), part of Marcus & Millichap, has exclusively listed Raintree Commons, a 924-bed, 152-unit student housing community near Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, for sale via an open bid process.

Singaporean developer Centurion plans a $300 million project at 200 North Terrace, Adelaide, featuring three towers including a 30-storey student accommodation building, with construction expected to start in 2027 pending planning approval.

China Resources subsidiary CR Longdation acquired the four-star Hotel Cozi Oasis in Kwai Chung for HK$953 million (US$122 million), marking the largest hotel transaction in Hong Kong this year.

Developer MRP, contractor McAleer & Rushe, and funder Puma Property Finance have topped out Broadway Studios, a 432-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Glasgow city centre, on track for completion in summer 2026.

A 12-story, 48-unit student housing tower near the University of Tampa sold for $21.8 million, nearly five times its 2017 price of $4.6 million, reflecting significant value growth in downtown Tampa’s rental market.

Duncan Cooper, chief financial officer at Travis Perkins, has been announced to join Unite Group as a non-executive director, as the latter experienced a 78 per cent tumble in profit in its latest financial results.