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Walker & Dunlop, Inc. has funded a new $380,000,000 credit facility for the refinance of 11 student housing properties on behalf of a joint venture lead by The Scion Group LLC ("Scion"). Scion is the largest owner/operator of off-campus student housing communities globally with over 80,000 beds in their portfolio.

Property developer Downing has acquired a 14-storey student accommodation scheme set to take shape in Newcastle city centre. The derelict site in Heber Street was home to Lock and Key and the attached NE4 cafe until it was destroyed by as fire in 2015, eventually leading to its demolition.

The Boost Society adquiere un nuevo alojamiento para estudiantes en pleno corazón de Barcelona. Se trata de su primera residencia Kley, con capacidad para alojar a 265 estudiantes y más de 3.700 m² de superficie.

Yorkshire-based Urbanite Living has placed a portfolio of five, freehold, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets on the market for sale, with an asking price of £130m. All five schemes comprising 999 beds are located in the student cities of Leeds, York, Sheffield, and Glasgow.

Working with client Dominus for Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), Hotwells' purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) proposal is a crafted tower that encourages community on Stratford High Street, London.

A student accommodation building located in Dublin 2, close to St Stephen’s Green and Grafton Street, has come to the market with an €80m price tag.

One-stop property management solution Opago has announced the acquisition of the assets of defunct proptech company Staykeepers. The acquisition is also seen as an opportunity for Opago to revive and build upon the legacy of a business which it described as “once standing out as a beacon in the intersection of the short-term rental and purpose-built student accommodation [PBSA] markets”.

A private student-housing developer purchased the 72-room hotel for $13.3 million last week in a deal two years in the making, hotel broker NewGen Advisory tells Axios Phoenix. The 1.4-acre lot will be revamped into a "state of the art" rental property with 479 bedrooms.

HH Fund, a national student housing owner and operator, has received $64.6 million to refinance Nine East 33rd, a 568-bed student housing property near Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore.

An institutional investor has purchased a distinctive purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Cardiff city centre. Kimmre advised on the £13m deal. Acting on behalf of clients of Mutual Finance, global property consultancy Knight Frank, alongside joint agent Lewis & Partners, has sold Livin Cardiff.