Greystar Raises Europe's Largest Ever Residential Fund, Cardiff Approves a 33-Storey Coliving Tower, Cain Plants Italy + Doubles Down on...
Greystar closed a €2.7 billion pan‑European residential fund – the largest ever – giving it about €6.8 billion ($7.3 bn) of dry‑powder for multifamily and PBSA assets. Cardiff Council approved a 33‑storey, 400‑studio coliving tower, adding the city to the UK coliving map. Cain announced a 561‑bed PBSA project in Rome and a 2,000‑bed London strategy, underscoring strong institutional appetite for student housing. Meanwhile, the Denver coliving conference highlighted a shift toward scaling, AI‑driven operations and sophisticated financing, and PadSplit partnered with Furnished Finder via API to distribute 1,000+ rooms across 18 states.
SIMA Crowns Spain’s Flex Living Moment, Scion + Ares Drop $910M on US Student Housing, Habyt Exits Southern Europe, Singapore...
The 2026 SIMA Madrid conference gave flex living its own exhibition space, underscoring Spain’s rapid emergence as Europe’s most legible flex‑living market, where international investors now account for 54% of activity. In the United States, Scion and Ares acquired a...
I’m Opening Up 3 Spots to Work With Coliving Brands for the Rest of 2026.
Mayank Pokharna, founder of Everything Coliving, announced that he is freeing up capacity to take on three new coliving brands through the end of 2026. He is ending long‑term engagements with existing clients, creating a narrow window for operators seeking...
Every Tech Revolution Rewrites How We Live. AI Will Rewrite It Towards Coliving
The post argues that the AI revolution will reshape housing demand, positioning coliving as the primary solution for displaced white‑collar workers, a growing loneliness crisis, and an expanding digital‑nomad population. It cites estimates that AI could displace 200,000‑300,000 entry‑level jobs...
PadSplit Secures ORIX Financing; A Federal Court Upholds America’s Most Controversial Coliving Ban; 4.1 Million Australians Turn to Coliving, and...
PadSplit announced a new debt financing facility from ORIX USA’s Growth Capital, signaling institutional confidence in affordable shared‑housing infrastructure. A federal appeals court upheld Shawnee, Kansas’s ordinance that limits more than three unrelated adults from sharing a dwelling, raising zoning...
Everything Coliving Podcast: S2, Ep2. Inside Spain's Flex Living Boom: Why €17 Billion in Capital Is Chasing the "Florida of...
Spain’s flex‑living market is exploding, with $18.5 billion invested in real‑estate in 2025 and roughly 35‑40% of that capital directed toward living assets. Industry leaders Araceli Martín‑Navarro and Santiago Herreros de Tejada highlighted Spain’s “people‑first” approach, the distinction between coliving, co‑housing and senior living,...
Barcelona’s Coliving War Erupts; Patron Puts €400M Spanish Platform on the Block; Pew Says Office-to-Coliving Cuts Costs in Half; and...
Barcelona’s coliving eviction of a long‑term tenant was halted after mass protests, with Catalan authorities threatening fines of up to €90,000. Patron Capital is exploring the sale of its Spanish platform, a 1,400‑bed portfolio valued at roughly $430 million, signaling the...
Goldman Sachs Just Bought a Coliving Company, The Collective Is Dead, and Barcelona’s Coliving War Has a New Chapter and...
Goldman Sachs completed its acquisition of Urban Campus, marking the first outright purchase of a European coliving operator by a major investment bank and signalling the sector’s move into institutional‑grade assets. In the same fortnight, The Collective collapsed after failing...
Canadian Coliving Market and Why Canada's Empty Offices Are the Next Coliving Opportunity
Canada faces a 25% vacancy rate in B‑ and C‑class office buildings, prompting Toboggan Flats to convert these spaces into affordable coliving units in just nine months. The model leverages existing structures to cut capital costs, offering rents at roughly...
PadSplit and the American Coliving Paradox
PadSplit has become the United States’ largest coliving marketplace, operating over 30,000 rooms in more than 35 metros and housing 70,000+ members without any federal subsidies. The company runs an asset‑light, technology‑driven platform that connects property owners with low‑income renters,...