Urban Campus has opened a new state of the art coliving residence in the vibrant neighborhood of Malasaña in Madrid. It is composed of 36 units offering a range of housing options and ample common areas, designed to foster the community development and encourage members to meet and interact with each other.

The company opened its first coliving residence space in Madrid in 2018, and with this opening it has positioned itself as a leader in this city, keeping its commitment of growing its curious minds community.

Discover more about the space or book here.

Raphael Cytron, our Head of Campus Management Fr/Be, participated to a round table in Brussels about “How real estate developments impact the attractiveness of Brussels” organized by Logic-Immo.Be.

This round table proposed to put 3 elements into perspective: costs of real estate/land; the tipping over ownership to rental; the coliving and coworking phenomenon. It was a great opportunity to analyze how new usages are transforming the way we live together in cities.

“There is an evolution in the perception of housing. The inhabitants now think more in terms of the environment (campus model) than in terms of surface areas. At Urban Campus, members do not only value the quality of the apartment/studio, but rather what the entire building offers in terms of experience and community life. Private spaces are part of a whole, as are shared spaces and the animation of community life on campuses. Note that the community dimension is not pejorative. On the contrary, it is positive and inclusive, it is a factor of exchange and every exchange is beneficial! The shared residential offer we have in Madrid shows a population (22 > 40 years old) that is not in the pursuit of the student model but has brought about a change in mentality: access to housing is made more flexible while offering the possibility of joining a community. Let us add one last parameter: more than 50% of European urban dwellers live alone (single or couple without children); this model also makes it possible not to be “isolated”.”

Raphael Cytron, Head of Campus Management Fr/Be

Read the full transcript in French on Logic-immo.be here.

Following the opening of our coliving in center Madrid, the monthly Spanish newspaper El Economista – Inmobiliaria came for a tour of the space. Read the full article in Spanish here or a translation to English there.

Coliving is a growing trend for 2019 and a source of interests and questions for real estate investors. We were invited to Radio Capital to discuss what coliving is bringing to the Spanish real estate sector and how we have been implementing it. If you missed our discussion with Catella Patrimoine, iKasa and The House, just click play below or follow this link.

https://capitalradio-ondemand.flumotion.com/audio/mp3/low/20190110_INVERSION_INMOBILIARIA_3.mp3

Following the opening of our coliving in center Madrid, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo came for a tour of the space. Read the full article in Spanish here or a translation to English there.

Why share an office? Why share a home?

A few weeks ago, we were invited at Maison & Objet to talk about the benefits of sharing space, together with Chiara de Rege, interior designer of female co-working club The Wing, and Claire Flurin, Executive Director of Co-liv.

We tried to convey the message that co-working and co-living spaces are all about people and communities, not buildings.

If you missed it, here is the video of the inspiring discussion we had:

Bouygues Immobilier, a leading real estate developer, organized a roundtable on AI at MIPIM in Cannes. Participants included prominent real estate investors and data scientists.

Whilst for many real estate investors and managers AI seems like a futuristic topic, Urban Campus routinely uses machine learning and other advanced methods to operate its spaces and manage its community.

Urban Campus opens its first co-living residence, Mellado Madrid Coliving in the sought-after barrio of Gaztambide in Madrid.

The residence has 83 private studios and rooms, many shared spaces and terraces, and a collaborative garden on the rooftop. It is being co-designed with Urban Campus members, who are also active participants in their daily management.

Co-Liv! was the first global conference dedicated to the co-living movement. It was organized by PUREHOUSE LAB from 7-9 December 2017 and attracted more than 100 participants from all over the world.

Co-living means different things to different people and there are multiple economic models that are emerging. However, the overall objective is the same: to create a housing offer that is attractive, community-based, and affordable.

John van Oost and Christopher Bledsoe, co-founder, and CEO of Ollie, spoke about the risks and opportunities of financing co-living ventures offering both the US and European perspectives. Leading institutions, developers, and REITs have noticed the co-living movement and are starting to be active investors in both the buildings and the operators.

The social housing sector in France represents 5 million residential units and houses 18% of the French population.

It faces many challenges. How to adapt its existing residences to changing demographics and lifestyles? What services needs to be offered to tenants? How to break social isolation?

Batigère, a leading player in the French social housing sector, organised a series of workshops on November 9th 2017 to address these questions and discuss concrete solutions. More than 250 employees from Batigère contributed ideas.

John van Oost led two workshops on “Co-location, co-living and other emerging housing formats” and “the digital transformation of residential buildings”. He also presented how Urban Campus’ technology could be deployed in large residential portfolios.