Market Monitor Digest

(Week 31/2025)

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Student Housing & Co-Living

UK, London: Ballymore and Places for London’s 3,300-home Edgware scheme approved after amassing more than 2,000 objections

By Housing Today, July 24, 2025

The £1.7 billion redevelopment of the Broadwalk shopping centre site will include a total of 3,365 homes, including 1,150 for affordable tenures - a 35% share - and 463 student accommodation spaces.

Read more (housingtoday.co.uk)

Germany, Frankfurt: Home & Co invests in Frankfurt student residence

By Im Immobilienmanager, July 28, 2025

The real estate platform Home & Co has acquired a student residence in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim. With the acquisition of 164 apartments, the company continues its growth path in European higher education centers.

Read more (immobilienmanager.de)

Spain, Madrid: Rockfield acquires two plots of land in Madrid to develop two student residences

By Brainsre.news, July 28, 2025

The brand's goal with these investments is to develop up to 300 beds, with a preference for single rooms and studios with kitchens.

Read More (brainsre.news)

Austria, Klagenfurt: 330 new student apartments planned in Klagenfurt

By 5min.at, July 30, 2025

There are currently three student residences in Klagenfurt with approximately 800 residential units. A further 330 student apartments are planned to be built in the coming years.

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UK: QuadReal Property buys £500 million UK student housing portfolio from Apollo

By IPE Real Assets, July 31, 2025

Apollo-managed funds and entities sell portfolio of eight assets.

Read More (realassets.ipe.com)

Built-to-Rent

Spain, Cantabria: Gesvican and Cobus Homes will develop 212 social rental homes in Cantabria

By EjePrime, July 25, 2025

The regional government, through the public company Gesvican, has granted land rights for a period of 75 years to the developer Cobus Homes, which will carry out developments in six municipalities in the region, with a total of 212 social housing units for affordable rentals.

Read More (ejeprime.com)

UK, Nottingham: Placefirst and Strata strengthen partnership with second scheme to deliver 104 family homes in Nottingham

By Place First, July 23, 2025

Build-to-rent (BTR) developer-operator Placefirst, and leading contemporary homebuilder Strata, in a strategic partnership with Auxesia Homes, have announced a second deal under their joint venture to deliver 104 single-family rental homes in Bilborough, Nottingham.

Read More (placefirst.co.uk)

Australia, Melbourne: Novus unveils next BTR project alongside Japan's Kanden Realty & Development

By The Asean Developer, July 25, 2025

Leading Build-to-Rent (BTR) platform Novus, alongside Japanese Investor and Developer Kanden Realty & Development (Kanden), have today announced the settlement and commencement of Novus on Spencer, a BTR development located at 405-421 Spencer Street in West Melbourne, Victoria. Novus on Spencer will comprise 190 purpose-designed BTR apartments over 19 levels and include a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom residences.

Read More (theaseandeveloper.com)

Senior Living

Canada, New Brunswick: Pennrose, officials break ground on new affordable senior housing in New Brunswick

By Real Estate NJ, July 23, 2025

Pennrose has started construction on a project that will bring 66 new age-restricted, affordable housing units to downtown New Brunswick with the help of state and city funding sources. Known as Hildebrand Commons, the development will revitalize the former Hoffman Pavilion public housing site at 75 Neilson St. with a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments for low- to moderate-income renters over age 55.

Read More (re-nj.com)

Europe: How lending in the senior living market is taking shape in 2025

By Real Estate Capital Europe, July 24, 2025

Several high-profile retirement housing deals have come to the surface this month.

Read More (recapitalnews.com)

US, Somerset County, NJ: Pfizer's Somerset County campus eyed for $150 million senior housing development

By My Central Jersey, July 30, 2025

A plan to convert the former Pfizer corporate campus into a $150 million senior citizen community is scheduled to go before the borough's Land Use Board on Aug. 6. 100 Route 206 PG LLC, part of Mellilo Equities of Far Hills, has created a plan to reimagine the 148-acre campus on Route 206 that was originally the corporate headquarters of Beneficial Finance.

Read More (eu.mycentraljersey.com)

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