For U.S. institutional investors, European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) offers exposure to a familiar and proven living-sector asset class, at a materially earlier stage of institutional ownership and operating scale, particularly across Continental Europe. While the U.S. student housing market has developed sophisticated ownership and operating platforms over several decades, Continental Europe remains significantly less penetrated, with purpose-built accommodation representing approximately 15% of student demand versus 22% in the U.S.
We are pleased to present the third edition of the Why Australia report. This qualitative and quantitative analysis explores Australia’s fundamental drivers influencing the outlook of Australia’s commercial real estate (CRE) sector and its resilience as a ‘global safe haven’.
How debt restructuring, rebuilt reserves and a fiscal turnaround are reshaping the country’s credit fundamentals — and what it means for emerging market debt investors