Market Monitor Digest
(Week 41/2025)
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Student Housing & Co-Living
Munich, Germany: Student Housing hits the main stage at Expo Real 2025
By BONARD, October 06, 2025
Leading cities and global investors spotlight studentification and the rise of Europe’s next core real estate asset class.
Expert view: ‘Student Housing: A Major Opportunity for Europe’s Cities’ - Samuel Vetrak
By BONARD, October 06, 2025
Following a panel discussion at Expo Real, here’s an expert view on the latest market trends and how student housing is shaping city growth, investors’ capital allocation, and the way the next generation lives and learns.
Spain: Barcelona and Madrid lack sufficient student accommodation
By EjePrime, October 07, 2025
Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) experts are meeting these days at Expo Real 2025 in Munich, Germany, where they will analyze the challenges facing major Spanish cities in this regard. A report by the consulting firm Bonard indicates that cities like Barcelona and Madrid have "a strategic need to expand the supply of student accommodation and also integrate these types of housing solutions into their cities' affordable housing policies."
UK, Bristol: Plans submitted for ‘statement’ 600-bed student accommodation
By B24/7, October 08, 2025
Land owners Hammerson say the octagonal tower next to Cabot Circus in St Jude’s will be a “statement building for the city”. Hammerson, which owns the shopping centre in a joint venture with global investment firm AXA IM, wants to transform the “underused” space in front of the car park on Newfoundland Circus.
Netherlands, Rotterdam: Greystar sells 612 starter and student homes in Rotterdam to Bouwinvest
By Property NL, October 10, 2025
Greystar has sold OurDomain Rotterdam Blaak, good for 612 homes, for more than €135 million to Bouwinvest Dutch Institutional Residential Fund.
Built-to-Rent
UK, Edinburgh: Mixed-use scheme completes at Burnet Point, Edinburgh
By Graham, October 6, 2025
The £59 million Burnet Point mixed-use residential development in Edinburgh, delivered by GRAHAM, has reached practical completion and is now welcoming residents to the prime city centre location.
Australia, Sydney: Landcom Plots 1500-Home Lower North Shore Masterplan
By The Urban Developer, October 7, 2025
Landcom is pushing ahead with a masterplan comprising build-to-rent, key worker and market homes for a Sydney development hotspot.
UK, Reading: JLP gets go-ahead for £70m Reading BTR scheme
By BE News, October 9, 2025
The John Lewis Partnership has secured planning consent to deliver 170 rental homes on a former industrial site at Mill Lane in Reading.
Senior Living
Germany, Berlin: Hines secures forward funding for sustainable senior-friendly Marienhöfe project
By Deal Magazin, October 6, 2025
The mixed-use project will include around 880 apartments, with 50+ assisted-living units, a medical centre, retail, dining, and fitness spaces, delivered under a fossil-free energy concept and targeting DGNB Gold certification. Construction is underway, with first completions due in Q3 2027.
US, Newton, MA: Diversified Healthcare Trust transitions 116 senior housing communities to seven new operators
By Business Wire, October 7, 2025
Diversified Healthcare Trust is transferring management of 116 senior housing communities from AlerisLife to seven established operators, including Sinceri, Discovery, and Tutera, with transitions completing by year-end 2025. It expects $25–40M in proceeds to reduce debt and reinvest in its senior housing portfolio.
US, Brevard County, FL: Lawsuit halts funding for $75 million Apollo Gardens senior housing project
By ClickOrlando (WKMG), October 8, 2025
Construction of Apollo Gardens, a $75 million housing complex in Titusville for elderly and disabled homeless residents, is on hold after a federal court issued a temporary restraining order blocking HUD from awarding grants under new “jurisdictional criteria.”
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