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Mosaic Investment Partners has secured financing for a new student housing development near University of Southern California’s campus, the company announced last week.

The University of California Board of Regents has approved more than $7 million in predevelopment funding Thursday for the latest student housing project to enter UC Berkeley’s pipeline, a development that would add 1,400 beds to the university’s thinly stretched portfolio.

Work is starting at North Island College’s Courtenay campus on what is expected to be a first-ever student housing project on the site. It’s part of an effort by the province to see 8,000 new student-housing beds built by 2028 in B.C. to help relieve a tight supply of affordable rental housing.

GREA’s National Student Housing Group is pleased to announce the sale of 101 student housing apartment units totaling 299 beds within walking distance to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Knoxville market has experienced consistent student growth since 2015, reaching nearly 34,000 students at the beginning of the 2023 school year, with an impressive retention rate of approximately 90%.

Dalton's yard in Leith in Edinburgh, which appeared in the Trainspotting sequel T2, is set to be redeveloped and the consultation on the plans is running until next month.

Levelling Up Real Estate will create a 383-bed development on the derelict site of a former John Street pool hall, which has lain empty for a decade. The building will come with its own cinema room and study facilities, along with a courtyard.

A proposed 28-story tower just south of Temple University would add nearly 300 units of student housing and 20,000 square feet of commercial space. The proposal at 1518-28 N. Broad St. comes from Landmark Properties, one of the nation's largest builders of student housing.

The Université du Québec (UQ) must at least "double its capacity" to meet its growing housing needs, according to its president, Alexandre Cloutier. A project that requires investments of approximately $700 million.

German investment manager Aukera Real Estate said on Thursday that it has granted a senior financing for a student housing development in the city of Tilburg, the Netherlands.

The University of Michigan is planning a $631 million student housing complex on central campus, hailed as the largest project of its kind in the country.