Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Singapore’s Mapletree Investments has put up for sale a set of 24 UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) properties totaling 4,844 beds, as the Temasek Holdings-backed property firm continues to rejig its S$6.2 billion student accommodation portfolio.
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US multi-family giant Greystar is closing in on a deal which would give it ownership of an Australian student housing portfolio spanning 5,662 beds, according to market sources who spoke with Mingtiandi.
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A unit of Hong Kong-based property developer and investor Crystal Investment has acquired a pair of buildings in Kowloon for student housing use, as the growing influx of mainland Chinese students boosts demand for private accommodation in the Asian financial… Read More>>
Singapore’s Far East Orchard has launched its maiden private fund focused on purpose-built student accommodation in Britain with commitments totalling £70 million ($92.5 million) at first closing.
Known as FE UK Student Accommodation Development Fund, the vehicle is targeting an… Read More>>
The family of Hong Kong’s late “Minibus King” Ma Ah-muk has put up for sale a 93-key hotel in the city’s Sai Ying Pun area, with brokers marketing the budget hostelry for conversion to student housing.
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ASX-listed construction giant Lendlease and Australia’s largest owner-operator of student housing, Scape, have received final approval for their A$1.7 billion ($1.2 billion) transformation of Queen Victoria Market in central Melbourne.
The mixed-use project, featuring 1,100 beds for university students and… Read More>>
A hotel in Hong Kong’s Mong Kok area is being marketed as a student housing investment for private buyers as the city’s hospitality market flounders and higher-end rental housing players stay on the sidelines.
Hotel Ease – Mong Kok is… Read More>>
Australia’s largest owner and operator of student housing Scape has closed on A$3 billion ($2 billion) in fresh debt financing, with part of the offering nearly three times oversubscribed amid growing appetite for purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in the country.
Brookfield Asset Management has acquired a 50 percent stake in Journal Student Living, the student accommodation operating unit of Australian developer and investor Citiplan, as it seeks to capitalise on an influx of international students into Australia’s already tight private… Read More>>
Singapore-based Q Investment Partners has formed a £100 million ($128 million) UK student housing joint venture with Malaysian builder Gamuda Land to develop a 299-bed project in southeast London.
The property in the Woolwich area on the south bank of… Read More>>
