Oct 2025

Episode 10: What Senior Living Gets Right and Still Needs to Fix

What happens when the senior living sector builds for what residents don’t want—or can’t afford? In this episode, Steve Moran, founder of Senior Living Foresight, joins host Philip Hillman for an honest conversation about what’s really holding the sector back.  They dive into development slowdowns, the affordability gap, and why “luxury care” might be the […]

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Oct 2025

Episode 9: Lessons from 25 Years & Where PBSA Goes Next

Student Housing: Lessons from 25 Years & Where PBSA Goes Next From the evolution of third-party management to the pressures of affordability, consolidation, and regulation, the PBSA sector is undergoing profound change. Investors, operators, and universities are grappling with shifting student demand, rising construction costs, and the looming impact of policy reform. In this episode […]

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Oct 2025

Episode 8: Tech-Powered. Human-Centered. The New Living Model.

What happens when tech acceleration meets human connection in the living sector? In this episode, Peter Lynch of Cardinal Group sits down with host Philip Hillman to explore how AI, personalization, and cross-sector convergence are shaping the future of student and multifamily living.  They unpack what Gen Alpha expects, how AI shifts workforce culture, and […]

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Sep 2025

Episode 7: Inside U.S. Student Housing: Capital Trends & Global Moves

In this episode of Room to Grow, Teddy Leatherman, who leads JLL’s U.S. Student Housing platform, joins Philip Hillman for a deep dive into the evolving landscape of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA). They explore why the sector continues to attract capital even in a high-rate environment and how investor appetite, development hurdles, and international activity […]

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Aug 2025

Episode 6: Operating at Scale: Managing 20000 Beds, 29 Clients & Rising Regulation

Student Housing: What It Takes to Manage 29 Clients, Thousands of Beds & Rising Regulatory Risk Rising operating pressure, growing regulatory complexity, and evolving expectations from investors and students — the job of a third-party operator has never been more demanding. In this episode of the Room to Grow podcast, Sam Scott, Managing Director at […]

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Jul 2025

Episode 5: The Changing Landscape for UK HE. An Insider’s View.

Student Housing: Is UK Higher Education Running Out of Road? Domestic enrolments are stalling. International numbers are under pressure. And universities are battling deficits with little government support. In this episode of Room to Grow, David Tymms sits down with a sector expert to dissect the financial, demographic, and political forces shaping the future of […]

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Jun 2025

Episode 4: Is The Traditional Residential University Model Breaking?

Student Housing: Why the Traditional University Model Is Breaking In this episode of the Room to Grow podcast, David Tymms is joined by sector heavyweights Paddy Jackman and Mark Allen to unpack the mounting pressures reshaping UK higher education—and what they mean for student housing. From collapsing real-term funding to shifting student behaviours, rising numbers […]

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Jun 2025

Episode 3: AI, Affordability & the Future of Living

Living Real Estate: Convergence, Cost & the Tech Behind Smarter Operations How AI, Affordability & Operational Agility Are Redefining PBSA, BTR & Co-Living PBSA, Build-to-Rent, and Co-Living are no longer distinct asset classes—they’re converging, both in how they operate and how they’re financed. In this episode, we explore how Lavanda’s tech journey intersects with this […]

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May 2025

Episode 2: Global Models, Local Lessons

Student Housing: Global Models, Local Lessons — What It Takes to Deliver at Scale in a Fragmented Market From France to Spain, Germany to Japan, and across the UK—student housing isn’t a one-size-fits-all model. Operators working across borders are being challenged to balance cultural nuance, product expectations, and operational scale like never before.  What’s the […]

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