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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: TheReitStuff ⎊☼🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: FT on British Student Housing Hangover
Date: 04/08/26 10:35 PM
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Thanks. The UK info has been covered pretty well in threads here I think. But some of the info about the US situation is new to me.

One thing I thought was very interesting:

"2022, a year in which Black­stone acquired Amer­ican Cam­pus Com­munit­ies for $12.8bn."

Blackstone already operate student housing in the UK.

It's not impossible they might decide to buy up Unite in its entirety.

Same logic as the buybacks Unite are doing; it's impossible to build it as cheaply as you could buy it in the form of Unite stock.

TRS

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