Market Monitor Digest
(Week 32/2025)
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Student Housing & Co-Living
Italy, Verona: New student housing in Ponte Crencano: the project sparks controversy, balancing environmental protection with the needs of university students
By Verona Sera, August 01, 2025
A new student residence with 139 beds, divided into 107 single and double rooms, is expected to be built in Ponte Crencano, on Via Achille Sacchi, by summer 2026.
Poland, Krakow: Private student housing is popping up in Krakow. StudentSpace secures funding for three investments
By Property News, August 04, 2025
Three new private student residence halls, over 1,200 student accommodation spaces, and PLN 177.8 million in funding. StudentSpace launches its largest investment in Krakow to date – with the support of Bank Pekao.
UK: Activum SG enters UK market with £84 million 795-bed PBSA portfolio buy
By Property Week, August 05, 2025
Real estate investment firm Activum SG, in a joint venture with Mansion Group, has acquired a 795-bed student accommodation portfolio from 90 North, which was marketed for £84 million.
UK, Coventry: Offices to be demolished to make way for more than 1,000 student rooms
By Kenil Worth Nub, August 05, 2025
More than 1,000 new student bedrooms in four multi-storey blocks are to be created once a 'difficult to let' office complex has been demolished.
Spain, Pamplona: A new student residence with 330 places will open in Pamplona in the coming weeks
By Diario de Navarra, August 07, 2025
The StepHouse Pamplona residence with views of Lezkairu and the Segundo Ensanche will open in September.
Built-to-Rent
Canada, Calgary: Piece by piece, cranes lift 84 prefabricated rentals into place in downtown Calgary
By CBC News Canada, August 2, 2025
Along a busy street on the west end of downtown, another new rental building is going up. There will be 84 studio units all aviable to rent for under $1,100.
US, Washington, D.C.: Cortland Partners to pay $1.6B for 5,800-unit portfolio
By Multi-Housing News, August 5, 2025
Elme Communities will sell the 19-property collection amid liquidation and dissolution proceedings.
UK, Glasgow: Mac Mic Group brings Herschell Street BTR site to market
By BTRnews, August 7, 2025
Mac Mic Group's development site hits the market, with full planning permission for 113 BTR apartments.
Senior Living
Malaysia: The Malaysian redefining senior living - Diane Chia and the Millennia Village experiment
By The Peak Magazine, August 05, 2025
Diane Chia, executive director of Millennia Village, has mastered the art of gentle disruption. In a sector still tethered to outdated scripts about ageing and dependence, she stands as the vanguard — an early light for what senior living could become if only we dared to imagine.
US: Senior living construction environment challenged by increased aging population, occupancy
By McKnight Senior Living, August 05, 2025
Although challenges persist in the US construction market, the long-term outlook for senior living suggests a return to growth, driven by infrastructure investment, an easing of monetary policy and a gradual stabilization of material costs.
India: Ashiana Housing to invest ₹425 crore in senior living
By Equity Pandit, August 06, 2025
Shares of Ashiana Housing Ltd are trading flat after hitting a day’s high of Rs 328.80 on 6th August. The company announced a capital outlay of Rs 425 crore for FY2025–26. This aims to expand its senior living housing segment. The plans include enterng major metros including Mumbai, Bengaluru, and the Delhi-NCR region.
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