Private Equity Thinks Student Property Is a Post-Covid Winner
- British education sector expected to grow after Brexit
- One-third of deals in 2021 involve private equity cash
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Private equity firms are ramping up their investments in the U.K.’s student accommodation market, pumping hundreds of millions of pounds into a resilient sector with an eye on high rental returns in post-Brexit, post-Covid Britain.
More than one-third of deals for student property in 2021 so far have been financed by private equity, compared to about 15% in total between 2016 and 2019, according to data compiled by real estate advisers Jones Lang Lasalle Inc.