Q&A: Nido on expanding to 25,000 student beds by 2031
Nido Living CEO Carlo Matta and COO Darren Gardner sat down with Green Street News to discuss Nido's newly integrated student accommodation platform, its expansion plans, growth of leadership team with key new hires, the core focus markets for the business going forwards and future thinking on markets, challenges and Gen Alpha.
4 March 2025 • 1 min read
Nido Living CEO Carlo Matta and COO Darren Gardner sat down with Green Street News to discuss Nido's newly integrated student accommodation platform, its expansion plans, growth of leadership team with key new hires, the core focus markets for the business going forwards and future thinking on markets, challenges and Gen Alpha.
Key takeaways from the interview included:
- Nido's ambition to scale up to 25,000 beds by 2031, powered by significant funding from new owner CPP Investments
- A focus on Spain, Italy and Germany for future expansion across investment, development and operational activities now all under Nido Living
- The trends challenges and opportunities associated with new markets and existing ones and what will be required for success from developers, investors and operators alike
- Adaptability in certain markets, with Spain offering Flex Living and hotel assets in addition to the standard student-led offer
- How Nido is weaving in customer experience, wellbeing, sustainability and tech to its model, whilst also recognising and taking influence from local cultures
- There will continue to be evolving trends for what students need with a greater focus going forwards on more accessible student schemes, offering a range of tenures as well as building in flexibility for future market and policy movements that can impact the asset from an investor point of view
- The differences of Generation Alpha will need to be taken into account for the next cohort of schemes and student bodies whilst also recognising that generations don't define people and still catering for the individual, thus offering choice and flexibility too.
For the full interview, click here https://greenstreetnews.com/article/qa-nido-on-expanding-to-25000-student-beds-by-2031/
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