One institution that I find fascinating and some of you may be familiar with is Simon Fraser University, and they’ve been doing great work. They’re focusing on development in Surrey City Centre, where much of Vancouver’s demographic growth is now south of the Fraser...
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SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Feb 9, 2024
Housing needs to be done within this much broader context of many municipalities, all who want to grow, but all who have housing is probably their number one limiter, so it’s a significant opportunity and a significant challenge. - Jim Dunsdon, Associate Vice...
Prioritizing Housekeeping and Cleanliness in Emerging Southern Europe PBSA Markets: Hines’s Sampietro Talks Operations in SHURE Remarks
The Challenges at Play in PBSA Today It's quite a challenge because we're living today with all these wars worldwide, which is not helping. Because of construction, utilities, etc., the cost increase is becoming a huge topic. To maintain your operations at a certain...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Feb 8, 2024
A crucial aspect of our conversation is the significance of programmatic-driven projects. We firmly believe that successful university-anchored initiatives should prioritize the institution’s mission and vision over mere real estate considerations. The real estate...
Markets will readjust due to interest rates and inflation, but it doesn’t mean there’s less activity: Value One’s Gruber in SHURE remarks
Value One is an Austrian-based company focused on investment, development, and student housing operations, among other things. We are active in Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, and Portugal. Portugal was our first foreign market. We've developed a...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Feb 5, 2024
A major topic this year that most of us are encountering is the surge in international student enrollment. Simultaneously, the government is looking at potentially capping the number of international students to maintain housing for its population.
The Town Versus the Gown and Surging Postgrad Enrollment During COVID: Richard Ward Discusses U.K. Higher Education
StuRents is the U.K.'s most prominent student accommodation ecosystem. We have three distinct arms of the business: We manage sturents.com, the U.K.'s largest listings platform. We advertise over 750,000 beds across the U.K. in about 100 different locations. We're...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Feb 1, 2024
In 2021, we saw almost 15 percent year-on-year growth in the number of applicants from outside the E.U. However, post-Brexit, there was a significant decline in the number of students applying from the E.U. For those not familiar, the reason for that is that...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Jan 30, 2024
If you think of the so-called smaller cities, between 15,000-50,000 students in Italy, we have at least 25 cities. - Marco Di Terlizzi, Student Housing Director, CBRE Italy from SHURE story: Broker Insight: CBRE’s Di Terlizzi Says 25+ Italian Cities House...