Industry News | 11/20

November 30

• Investors believe European Real Estate Market should start its recovery in 2021
• Student housing continues as Germany’s residential favourite
• UK: Student Covid-19 mass-testing programme begins as union raises fears over government plan
• It is a mistake for Dublin to turn its back on co-living?

November 27

• How Will Co-Living Survive the Pandemic?
• Real estate will have to adjust to ensure the resilience of living assets
• The Class of 2020: Goalposts move for educators and investors
• Proptech: Less but better space awaits in office of the future
• Real Asset Media CEE Summit: PBSA attracts but Poland has crucial scale
• Aticco redoubles its commitment to ‘coliving’: 500 rooms and an investment of fifty million in 2021

November 26

• Investment in housing rentals incl multifamily, student and senior residences skyrocketed between 2019 and 2020: reaching 27% of all investment
• Demand for German assets remains ‘as strong as before’
• European Travel Commission survey shows travel desire steady
• Catella publishes their European Residential Market Map Q3 2020

November 25

• The Porto Asprela student residence operated by Milestone received LEED Gold certification with the “highest score in the hospitality category ever awarded in Europe” [Portuguese]
• New student needs will redefine real estate – insights from The Class Conference
• Student housing sector considers future of cities at The Class Conference
• Harrison Street-led JV upsizes and extends credit facility for large student housing portfolio
• Colliers International hires Paddy Allen as new head of operational capital markets

November 24

• Catella residential fund buys Austrian and Dutch assets
• NL: Covid measures have not hit quality of college, university education – yet

November 23

• Digitisation and sharing economy: levers for coworking and coliving
• US high school int’l student numbers drop
• International students’ choices of where to study are increasingly driven by the availability of face-to-face teaching, according to new research from IDP Connect and Universities UK International
• Catella CER III Fund Buys Residential Developments in Austria and The Netherlands for €90 Million

November 20

• Why precast concrete is an appealing choice for student housing
• “Stand by” int’l students in Ireland, says ICOS
• How are you embracing the convergence of tech with real estate?

November 19

• Greystar study shows private rented housing sector the solution to Europe’s housing shortage
• US: “frustration” as travel bans and visa issues halt student plans
• Rewriting the Student Housing Amenities Playbook
• Sodexo launches package of student lockdown solutions

November 18

• ESN organises the Social Inclusion Days to advocate for social engagement in student mobilities
• How universities are coping as international students retreat

November 17

• Australia: Covid-19 restrictions could result in 50% int’l student drop
• Why Equitable Access To Quality Higher Education Matters More Than Ever

November 16

• Public-private partnerships: the key to face the challenges of the Spanish RE market
• US: Europe led outbound study abroad growth in 2018/19
• Urban household growth in Europe is now three times the rate of population growth, says Greystar
• Harrison Streets forms latest JV to deliver £200m student pipeline in Lincoln and Birmingham
• More funds available for research and education after all, thanks to strong European Parliament

November 15

• NL: Student union concerned for students with extreme loneliness, depression

November 12

• Germany: fourth largest number of int’l degree students globally in 2019
• Savills advises Stonehill Group on €62m Italian student housing deal
• DoveVivo opens in Spain and targets the leadership in co-Living.
• Corestate invests thirty million to build a student residence in Pamplona [Spanish]

November 11

• English universities told to move teaching online by 9 December
• How co-living could replace the human connection that we’ve lost in the pandemic
• Israeli startup Willa invests 10 million euros in Porto in a ‘co-living’ unit [Portuguese]
• Is the hybrid classroom here to stay?
• Catella Residential IM to make its €4.5 billion European portfolio carbon neutral via partnership with ESG advisor Westbridge

November 10

• Greystar, AXA IM – Real Assets & CBRE GI acquire Spanish student accommodation portfolio from Urbania
• Investment into operational residential assets accounts for 27 per cent of global real estate total – according to Savills Global Living Report 2020
• The impact of Covid-19 is significantly reshaping the way in which investors are thinking about the long term future of global real estate, according to a new report.
• “Evidence-based decisions” vital for shift online
• Green light for EU seven-year budget: European institutions’ deal tops up Horizon Europe and Erasmus+
• Stop blocking students from living in city centers says Dutch student association LKvV
• SPX Studio: the first-ever startup studio/venture builder for emerging real estate
• Biden’s Victory Has Elated International Students. But the Road to Lasting Reform Is Long.
• Will Higher Education Learn from the Lessons of the Pandemic?
• Student Numbers to Bolster Australian Property Market Post-Covid
• Popularity of co-living, co-working spaces revealed amid coronavirus lifestyle switch in UAE
• The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) conferred the special consultative status to the Erasmus Student Network (ESN)

November 9

• Despite the corona crisis, the numbers of international students at Dutch universities are not decreasing. This is mainly due to a higher intake of EEA students
• Kley positions itself in Paris for a first KLEY Urban Village co-living residence [French]

November 6

• JLL Report: European City Dynamics 2 – Young Urban Residents
• AXA IM named as the top investment manager in Europe committed to responsible investing
• Student Roost moves into Bristol with PBSA and co-living scheme
• For US Student Housing, COVID-19 Boost May Be Short-Lived
• ESN teams up with UNESCO to safeguard the future of education

November 5

• Kences publishes their 9th Dutch National Student Housing Monitor [Dutch]
• The rise of ‘coliving’ in Europe – a first-hand account from Portugal
• Just under a third of flexible workspace providers reported that occupancy rates have fallen by around 10% during the lockdown, according to data from the Instant Group.
• £42bn of capital to be deployed in UK resi investment sectors by 2025 – according to Knight Frank report
• More Dutch students stay at home, but studios (and housing benefit) are popular

November 4

• The New Online Learning Agreement: the Future of Erasmus+ Student Mobility in Europe

November 2

• UK 600k int’l student target by 2030 “achievable”
• Institutional investors plan to increase exposure to real assets in 2021, according to new research