Beyond The Stay

We sat down with Tim Stephen from Amber to discuss current issues on the market, including

How to manage large client portfolios

The art of communication with landlords and guests

This week we are joined by Lazar to discuss balancing demand and supply when it comes to flexible stays (short to mid-term lets). Here are the highlights:

This week we are joined by Rick Deblaby of Get Living and Paul Hackett of Optivo to discuss the future of collaboration. Can "not for profit and profit companies" work together? Has it become a necessity? David Montague (formerly L&Q) hosts this conversation on behalf of Staykeepers.

How have student housing operations changed since the pandemic? What’s the lasting impact and how do our guest experts feel about the future of student accommodation? That’s the topic for this episode of Beyond The Stay. Key talking points are:

Featuring our guest experts:

Sarah Canning (LinkedIn here) - The Property Marketing Strategists

Martyn Roe (LinkedIn here) - Blytheswood Consultancy

Marcus Roberts (LinkedIn here) - Savills

Philip Hillman (LinkedIn here) - Consultant JLL, Non-Exec at Staykeepers and SLE Global

Student housing (or PBSA - Purpose Built Student Accommodation) is no stranger to investors, making a solid choice for over 25 years. However, the pandemic brought a lot of required changes to student housing and higher education in general.

What does investor sentiment look like in 2022? What lays ahead for the sector and what should investors consider before spending?

All points our guest experts discuss:

Sarah Canning (LinkedIn here) - The Property Marketing Strategists

Martyn Roe (LinkedIn here) - Blytheswood Consultancy

Marcus Roberts (LinkedIn here) - Savills

Philip Hillman (LinkedIn here) - Consultant JLL, Non Exec at Staykeepers and SLE Global

We’re (fashionably) late for International Women’s Month, but that’s because our team members have been working on amazing things for Staykeepers clients!

In this episode, we are discussing being a woman in the workplace and how as an industry, proptech and real estate can better the work environment for all genders.

The high level summary? This is one of many more ‘bonus’ episodes to come, focusing on how we as an organisation and an industry can better ourselves. We look forward to the next and hope you do too! (Just look out for the purple cover on the podcast episode rather than teal)

How has multifamily coped with the pandemic? What lies ahead for the multifamily and build to rent market? These are just two of the questions we ask our guest experts in the first episode of ‘Beyond The Stay’.

Meet our guests

Colleen Pentland Lally (LinkedIn here) - Vice President at CBRE, Colleen specialises in multifamily property sales in the USA. Participated in over $2.5 billion in multifamily acquisitions, development and JV equity transactions.

David Montague (LinkedIn here) - Former Chief Executive at L&Q, David is credited with turning the association into a major force with the business managing over 110,000 homes.

Dominic Grace (LinkedIn here) - 37 year career at Savills, building a market leading London team specialising in residential development and investment.

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The high level summary? Across the UK, U.S. and Europe demand is high, supply is lacking. There is a feeding frenzy amongst investors, but smart investments aren’t necessarily being made…

In this episode, you will hear from Brian Welsh, CEO of NIDO Student, who has over 15 years’ experience in the PBSA and private rental sector markets. Brian and I will be discussing the role of COVID-19 in the current dynamics of the PBSA, the prop-tech solutions that helped NIDO implement new resident engagement and onboarding options for their students, and the key takeaways from the Global Student Housing Conference, which took place on 22 September. Tune in for this and all things PBSA.