What was unique about student accommodation industry performance and activity in Q1 of 2024? In the student accommodation arena, there continues to be a focus on the impact of international students and the financial viability of secondary/regional institutions. To...
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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...
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...
Syracuse University to convert on-campus luxury apartments into student housing
Syracuse University plans to convert The Marshall, a luxury high-rise apartment building owned by the school, into student housing third-year students, as reported by CNY Central in Upstate New York. According to the university, the plan to convert the luxury...
Building owners must be agile in response to internet connectivity and AI requirements: SHURE GTA technologists
High-level technologists who convened at SHURE GTA have an urgent message for commercial building owners, especially those accommodating to students: You must be forward-thinking about building connectivity, or you'll lose tenants and struggle with operations and,...
Global Student Accommodation Appoints Global Head of Finance
There's significant news from the PBSA arena in the U.K. as GSA has announced a new Global Head of Finance, Simon Bray. According to the statement from...
P3s should be creative collisions: Greystar’s Everett says real estate should catalyze social outcomes and build community in SHURE remarks
Greystar is a global, fully integrated real estate development company. Greystar develops, owns, operates, and invests in both its accounts and others' accounts. Greystar's products are diversified. We're historically known for housing, which is the bulk of our...
Harrison Street Announces PBSA Expansion for Simon Fraser University and University of Victoria
Harrison Street, one of the leading investment management firms exclusively focused on alternative real assets with approximately US$56 billion in assets under management, announced its continued expansion in Canada through two student housing transactions in British...
Canadian investor Toby Chu thinks real estate capital markets are thawing but warns of minefields on the path to more activity
Toby Chu is the Chairman and CEO of CIBT Education Group Inc., one of the largest owners and operators of PBSA in British Columbia, with 1,400 beds across eight operating buildings, serving students from 92 colleges and universities. CIBT owns 31 colleges in Canada....