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Knight Frank: UK student housing investment hits £2.1bn in strongest Q1 in over a decade

Investment into the UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector reached £2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026.
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JP Morgan strikes €1.5bn student housing deal in Germany

BONARD: Student housing investment rises 76% as supply meets just 29% of demand

Greystar adds 1,600 beds in Spain PBSA deal

Sonae Sierra launches €500m Iberian student housing joint venture

BONARD: Student housing investors target higher allocations in 2026 as European transactions reach €10.5bn

Ardian and Rockfield enter French student housing with 1,500-bed European expansion

AustralianSuper acquires 1,616-bed UK student housing portfolio

Amro and Invesco expand Spanish PBSA joint venture with €150m in new projects

Aviva and Amro launch €500m German student housing platform

PIMCO Prime eyes student housing in Spain amid structural undersupply

Brookfield seeks €1.9bn for its European student housing platform

Xior opens first student residence in Warsaw after €38.5m investment

ActivumSG launches £500m UK student housing platform with The Mansion Group

QuadReal acquires UK PBSA portfolio for over £500m

Rockfield to develop two PBSA assets in Madrid with 300 beds

Ardian & Rockfield buy Dutch PBSA portfolio from Nido

Centurion Accommodation REIT unveils $1.4bn seed portfolio ahead of IPO

Unite secures £400m refinancing from Rothesay for student housing portfolio

Gamuda and Singapore’s QIP invest £41.5m in London student housing scheme

Fusion secures £500m loan to fund five student housing projects

International Campus buys PBSA project in Rotterdam

Nido Living buys Brookfield’s €1.2 bln Iberian PBSA portfolio

Lone Star buys £212m UK student housing portfolio from Unite

Savills: PBSA the top priority for European real estate investors

The Building Safety Act: what it means for PBSA… and students

Guest View

Greystar invests in 836-bed PBSA scheme in Birmingham

Hines: PBSA on the rise in Europe as demand grows

Patron and Curation JV buys 418-bed PBSA asset in Durham

Ardian and Rockfield buy 596-bed PBSA asset in Amsterdam

Axa raises European student housing target to €1.3bn

Ardian and Rockfield JV buys new PBSA asset in Bologna

Arlington Advisors to supervise London college’s PBSA refurb

Dandara Living and Gamuda JV to deliver PBSA in Glasgow

GSA and Nuveen partner to acquire Gecina PBSA portfolio

CBRE IM scoops up Italy’s second largest PBSA project

New Greykite-Equilibria JV to convert Munich hotel to PBSA

Europe still not keeping pace with demand for PBSA: CBRE

King Street and Alea JV aims €375m at Portuguese PBSA

Amro/Invesco student housing JV kicks off with Madrid project

Ardian and Rockfield team up to invest €500 million in PBSA

Amro Porto: first new-build in Portugal rated ‘Outstanding’

Green light for Torsion-Zenzic JV’s 200-bed Leeds PBSA

PBSA rent growth outpaces inflation in Europe: Bonard

Canada Life partners a Bristol uni in 330-bed PBSA project

URW to develop PBSA project on east London car park roof

PBSA: W5 channels €140m German family cash into USA

Invesco Manchester PBSA joins sector’s rising investment tide

Catella fund taps Leipzig PBSA market with €23m acquisition

Europe’s student housing sector shows its resilience

Nicol Dynes

PGIM acquires UK PBSA portfolio from Unite Group

Sama unveils plans for new PBSA scheme in Birmingham

Barings enters Italian PBSA market, acquires site in Rome

KKR banks on student success with $1.64bn Blackstone deal

Green light for Amro Partners’ second Valencia PBSA scheme

Mapletree’s £1bn PBSA buy expands European network

Morgan Stanley fund buys two Vita Student assets in Spain

Canadian pension fund CPP buys Round Hill PBSA interests

Hines acquires new student housing building in Bristol

Hines’ student housing arm plans 4,000 beds in France

First of a kind intergenerational living makes London debut

Cain makes Spain debut with €74m loan to Vita/Metrovacesa

Aviva and Tri7 add to PBSA assets in UK university towns

Rhize Capital lends €100m for two PBSA projects in Milan

New Zenzic/Torsion JV to deliver student housing in UK

Long Harbour-Rosethorn PBSA JV to target UK university hubs

Moorfield targets UK city Lincoln for PBSA joint project

Nuveen and Value One deliver new PBSA complex in Wroclaw

Porter’s Dot Group acquires CRM Students from Corestate

Trei addresses student housing need with Wiesbaden scheme

Heitman expands Norwegian student housing platform

EXPO Real: Cain homes in on student housing with £500m

Greystar acquires Veld/Freo office-to-resi Paris project

Aareal Bank refinances London PBSA portfolio for Chapter JV

CBRE: University towns in UK facing a shortage of PBSA beds

Sellar to go ahead with student housing scheme in London

Investment in UK’s PBSA sector exceeds £7bn in 2022

IC focuses on communal space after buying Bremen test bed

Leipzig PBSA and university research asset attracts BNP

EXPO Real: Lack of supply main issue for student market

Tristan/Bricks partnership buys 999-bed Liverpool PBSA asset

€70m Turin scheme marks Patrizia’s Italian PBSA debut

Round Hill and TPG launch new PBSA brand in Germany

Round Hill’s €200m PBSA buy is Portugal’s largest so far in ’22

IC aiming at ‘professionals’ as Frankfurt project starts on site

Berlin-Hyp backs Paris PBSA-coliving project with €71m loan

Student housing: supply and demand gap widens

Nicol Dynes

International Campus targets NL student housing shortage

Moorfield acquires 64% more efficient Essex PBSA project

Multi-generational German housing project starts on site

Hines and Blue Noble to develop €80m Milan PBSA

AnaCap and Freo plan office-to-student switch in Paris

Heitman invests £70m in UK student housing sector

New Round Hill NL project boosts under supplied market

Europe’s PBSA sector survives and thrives despite pandemic

UniCredit backs The Student Hotel with €145m impact loan

Cain and Fusion Students form PBSA JV with £1.5bn target

Greystar launches new Canvas brand on £388m portfolio buy

Patrizia pays DFI €314m for PBSA portfolio in Denmark

Hurdles to development as student housing demand rises

Nicol Dynes

Axa IM Alts pays €40m for its first Italian PBSA asset

TPG-Urbania venture acquires trio of PBSA assets in Spain

BNP provides €140m finance to expand Uxco’s Paris PBSA

Hines PBSA unit makes Milan debut, heralds Europe growth

Xior clinches Zaragosa city centre development sites

Brookfield company addresses France’s student housing crisis

€1bn student housing venture makes debut with Paris project

Listed Brazilian education firm contracts 5,000 student beds

Henderson Park and Hines JV finances Barcelona schemes

International Campus ups target to 25,000 beds by ’25

Rainer Nonnengasser: We’re investing €1bn in PBSA – this is why

Paul Strohm

Boost for PBSA as students signal readiness for campus return

Nicol Dynes

Unite Students sells £342m London assets to its JV with GIC

Cain International lends Vita Group £53m in third PBSA loan

Greystar value-add fund hits €725m as targets major cities

CampusX open new Milan hub as Italy’s PBSA market booms

ICG: Nonnengässer steps up, Smart steps in

Vaccine rollout success attracts more students to the UK

Prospects are positive as PBSA bookings exceed 2019 levels

TSH ‘hybrid hospitality’ model to make UK debut in Glasgow

Polycentric Poland offers huge PBSA opportunities

Nicol Dynes

Why Covid-19 is ‘just a blip’ for student housing

Nicol Dynes

Round Hill acquires its third Dutch PBSA project in Leiden

International Campus opens its first PBSA asset in Munich

Student Housing in CEE: great rewards for selective investors

Unexploited PBSA potential makes Poland CEE’s Germany

CEE is the place for investors interested in student housing

REALX.Global: PBSA gearing up for return to normality

REALX.Global: Covid-19 just ‘a blip’ for student housing sector

REALX.Global: More investment into student housing planned

Curlew’s Stratford scheme lifts PBSA spend to £1bn

Greystar buys UK PBSA assets ahead of new brand launch

Resilient PBSA shows why sector continues to grow

Nicol Dynes

Greystar completes €98m Utrecht PBSA deal with KKR

Scape lands €60m Aareal Bank loan for London PBSA scheme

Student housing continues as Germany’s residential favourite

Class of 2020: Goalposts move for educators and investors

Greystar/Axa/CBRE GI buy four more PBSA assets in Spain

The Class of 2020 ‘graduates’ online – lineup confirmed

Student housing asset class defies bubble suggestions

More capital heading for Europe’s counter-cyclical PBSA

REALX: Desire for ‘the uni experience’ benefits PBSA

REALX: PBSA investors still confident – more expected