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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...
Broker Insight: CBRE’s Di Terlizzi Says 25+ Italian Cities House 15,000-50,000 Students
We are currently involved in several sale mandates in northern Italian cities. CBRE can provide a different range of services for all the asset classes. In Italy, we are well-rounded. We are 450 people, so we offer a wide range of services. We are based in Milan and...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Jan 26, 2024
Even during the downturns, governments support a solid education. That’s also something we’ve seen during the COVID period, even during the last financial crisis. It’s still a sector that the governments will support. - Silvia Damiano, Head of Valuations Southern...
Broker Insight: Savills’s Marcus Roberts Embraces Nascent European Market Opportunities
I've been involved in student housing for 23 years, from the UK, since its emergence as a sector in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I was involved in one of the first M&A transactions involving Unilodge's sale to Unite back in the early stages of the UK...
Broker Insight: JLL’s Silvia Damiano Says Eurozone Governments Support Higher Education
I'm the Head of Valuations for Southern Europe at JLL. I am responsible for the valuations of Italy, Portugal, and Spain. We value all kinds of asset classes. PBSA is one of them, of course, and we have a specialist in the different classes because the real...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Jan 22, 2024
The financial pressures on agencies are forcing them to explore innovative options. We will have many more post-secondary institutions take a long, hard look at what they’re going to do with the surplus land, and confront the same questions: What are they doing with...
International Investor GSA Tackles Diversity of German Housing Submarkets: Tech-Driven Cities Attract New Students, while Older Cities Create Opportunity
The number of post-secondary students in Germany has increased by roughly one million in the last 20 years, and the country is one of the most sought-after for international enrollment. As such, International PBSA investor GSA focuses on the range of activities...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Jan 19, 2024
One of the things we want to truly do as a university is be part of the solution to the housing problem, not just for our students, staff, and faculty, but also for the community – and we can house more of [all of them] closer to our campus. - Kevin Hall, President...
SHURE Initiative Winter on Campus: Northern Lights College, Fort St. John Campus (British Columbia, Canada)
The SHURE Initiative recently caught up with Linda Mueller, an accomplished professional holding a Master's degree in Human Resource Management and Graduate Certification in HR Management. Linda currently serves as the Director of Ancillary Services at Northern Lights...
SHURE Thoughts for the Day – Jan 16, 2024
At Campus Suites, we take a long-term view of the business, and if that’s the case, then that’s the same thing as the university’s mindset because they expect integrity.- Josh Morton, Vice President, Campus Suites from SHURE story: Servicing the unique...
A counter-intuitive approach to student accommodation: Less privacy may boost student performance and improve socialization skills
The ongoing PBSA market assumption is that students want their own bathroom and more privacy. However, a SHURE GTA expert suggests there may be social and affordability advantages to having less privacy. This counter-intuitive suggestion contradicts the current...