LaSalle Investment Management’s latest real estate debt deal – a €20.5 million loan to finance 360-bed, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in the Spanish city of Granada –  demonstrates how property lenders are exploring opportunities in the higher education sector beyond mature markets such as the UK..  

Is there merit in introducing Opportunity Zones to stimulate investment into the Build-to-Rent sector in the UK? In 2017, the Trump administration introduced Opportunity Zones (OZ) as part of wider tax reform legislation. OZs were set up to attract investments into designated low-income communities throughout the US. The investments are to be channelled through specialised… Read more »

The British group Amro Real Estate Partners has announced that it will build a residence for 230 students in the Teatinos neighborhood. In the university district, where the campus and most of the the faculties of the University of Malaga sit.   Read here the full article in Spanish

London-based investor Amro Real Estate Partners has bought a site in Seville, marking its second acquisition within its student housing platform in Spain and Portugal. Read the full article here

Amro Real Estate Partners has acquired a 64,580 sq ft buildable plot in Málaga, as part of its plans to set up a €500m (£440m) student housing portfolio across Iberia. The site has zoning permission to develop a 230-bedroom property. Read the full article here

The British company specialised in student housing projects 5,000 beds in Spain and Portugal, 3,000 of which are already under negotiation. Read the full article in Spanish

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