Turkey’s largest student beds provider makes UK debut

Turkey’s largest and first PBSA provider UNIVA has made its first UK investment as part of a Europe-wide push to double its portfolio.

It has acquired a 140-bedroom scheme in Cardiff from Opto Property Group for £10m, which will develop and operate the scheme.

The scheme, UNIVA & Opto Cardiff, incorporates a basketball court, tennis court, games room, club house, spa treatment and wellness salon, with a rooftop workstation, sky gardens and sky bar.

UNIVA is a subsidiary of real estate investment specialist Erkanli Holdings. It has a portfolio of 4,911 student bedrooms …

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