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Read our policy Ardian and Rockfield have announced the first investment of their pan-European strategy dedicated to Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) enabled by an initial commitment from CBRE Investment Management’s Indirect Strategies (CBRE IM) and with dry powder of about €800 mln The investment involves a newly constructed standalone building developed and sold by Italian developer CDS Holding SPA completed in October 2023 and located in the Novoli district of Florence just minutes from the Social Sciences campus of the University of Florence The next-generation purpose-built student accommodation facility offers 404 beds and features common areas and a cinema room.The asset has already shown excellent performance This first investment marks the beginning of Ardian and Rockfield's new strategy to create a high-quality student housing portfolio in Europe This strategy addresses the increasing demand in key markets characterized by limited supply.The pan-european strategy has Italy as one of its key markets on which focusing the investment activity thanks to the strong structural deficit of student housing accommodations among the country underscores Ardian and Rockfield's commitment to investing in assets that meet high standards of sustainability and environmental responsibility.  'This new Pan-European strategy on PBSA will focus on Italy and Spain which are among the most interesting markets with a growing demand for student housing but the lowest provision rate in Europe This platform will further strengthen our presence in these countries which remain key targets for Ardian Real Estate’s growth in Europe,' said Rodolfo Petrosino head of real estate Southern Europe at Ardian.'The acquisition of a fully let asset in a highly sought-after and under-supplied market like Florence presented the perfect opportunity for us to start building our PBSA platform across Italy and Europe,' commented Juan Acosta 'The acquisition reflects our strong conviction in the PBSA market in Italy and our confidence in the long-term demand fundamentals for Florence which continues to be characterized by a restricted development pipeline This will not be the last investment in Italy and we are planning to be a leading reference when it comes to high quality student accommodation in that market.'   Savills acted as commercial advisor.  Copyright © 1997–2025 IPE International Publishers Limited Site powered by Webvision Cloud Andrea Godi grew up in the family business where he was introduced to the art of pizza After training at the hotel-management school and gaining work experience in 2013 he attended a course of the Verace Pizza Napoletana Association His dedication and studies regarding doughs and the use of local raw materials his growing popularity prompted him to move the pizzeria to a larger space with a garden and two ovens he adds gourmet pizzas to the menu in addition to the classic ones an experimental bakery and pastry laboratory the chef has 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Today is the complete information source for the furniture industry featuring retailer and manufacturing news Sign up to get exclusive industry information delivered to your inbox CDS Holdings has sold Student Residence Novoli a PBSA scheme currently under construction in Florence to AXA IM Alts Project developer – CDS Holding – with the support of CDS Living has sold to AXA IM Alts the under-construction 400-unit Student Residence in the Novoli district of Florence CDS Costruzioni SpA has already started construction work The Residence is set to open for the winter semester 2023 The UK-based student housing specialist – CRM Students – has been appointed as property manager The Student Residence Novoli site has a prominent location adjacent to the new university campus Novoli – a vibrant urban environment with daily amenity needs and a large public park of 10 hectares The nearby tram takes students to centro storico in 10 minutes The six floor Student Residence will deliver a mix of fully equipped modern-style single studios State-of-the-art amenities including reception There will also be a fully landscaped courtyard garden with outdoor seating and a spacious rooftop terrace Florence is a key Italian hub for higher education with an ever-growing domestic and international student population of c seeking outstanding education and good quality student living Florence is also facing a dramatic undersupply of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) – with only four beds available for 100 students The current stock is mainly in worn condition doesn’t meet the requirements of today’s students and is predominantly only accessible for students with low family incomes or scholarships like other Italian university cities offers very strong market fundamentals in the PBSA sector with high occupancy rates and attractive rents The new Student Residence Novoli with its prominent location and high amenities provision will match the severe demand of young people to live work 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art of perfume-making and the latter to publishing The large square opposite the train station was redesigned by the great architect Gae Aulenti Just a stone’s throw from it is the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theater one of Europe’s most important opera and symphonic foundations HALL OF JUSTICET2 - Novoli-Regione Toscana A gigantic building designed by architect Leonardo Ricci very popular with the students of the nearby university A veritable masterwork of Florentine military architecture built between 1534 and 1535 by Alessandro de’ Medici Today it houses the two Pitti Uomo biannual events (in January and June) and other major events Along the Fortezza’s eastern side is a lovely park which fills up with stalls for a lively antiques market RUSSIAN ORTHODOX NATIVITY CHURCH T1 - Strozzi-Fallaci It is the first religious building on the Italian territory built between the 19th and 20th centuries at the behest of the daughter of Tsar Nicola I Street art has become increasingly part of Florence’s urban landscape Among the most beautiful works is the large mural in Piazza Leopoldo painted by Jorit Agoch on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous South-African leader A beautiful 19th-century garden with a lovely Renaissance loggia and spectacular Art-Nouveau style tepidarium designed around 1880 The garden’s highest and most panoramic spot houses the Garden of Parnassus You get a unique view of Brunelleschi’s dome from here One of the halls houses a parade of Italian not to mention the extraordinary collection of Japanese weapons and suits of armour We get a glimpse of Florence’s contemporary architecture by moving to the opposite side of the city to see the multipurpose center designed by the famous Florentine architect Richard Rogers A historic aristocratic mansion called “castle” because of its imposing look with embattled walls CHURCH OF SAN GIUSTO A SIGNANOT1 - Nenni-Torregalli A small church dating back to the year 1000 which guards over a gem: an altar-piece depicting the Madonna with Child among Saints Peter and Paul and Angels attributed to Bernardo Daddi Special itineraries signed Tram-e-d'Arte to experience even the lesser-known face of the city CDS Holding’s obtains a building permit for the construction of Student Residence Novoli Project Developer – CDS Holding – with the support of CDS Living has obtained a building permit for Student Residence Novoli – a new 400-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in the Novoli district of Florence The land plot was bought from Immobiliare Novoli on 30 July 2021 Construction will start at the beginning of September 2021 and the opening expected in September 2023 The site has a prominent location adjacent to the new university campus Novoli a vibrant urban environment which offers a large The six floor Student Residence Novoli will provide a mix of fully equipped There will also be a wide range of state-of-the-art amenities – including a reception a fully landscaped courtyard garden with outdoor seating and an outdoor pool on the spacious rooftop terrace Florence is a key Italian hub for higher education with an ever-growing domestic and international student population of c.62,000 students – of which c.23,400 are mobile Florence is also facing a dramatic undersupply of purpose-built student accommodation with only four beds available for every 100 students Current stock is mainly in worn condition and doesn’t meet the requirements of today’s students and is predominantly only accessible for students with low family income or scholarships like all other Italian university cities offers very strong market fundamentals in the PBSA sector – with high occupancy rates and attractive rents The new Student Residence Novoli with its prominent location and high amenities provision will match the severe demand of young people looking to live CDS Living was founded in 2018 (under the name Co-Living Italy) by Jerry Boschi and Burkhard Hoffmann and renamed after CDS Holding became an additional shareholder in 2020 The company focuses on sourcing and developing Student Residences in Italy and CDS Living is well on its way to becoming one of the most recognised Italian Student Housing Developers More Residences are in an advanced development phase and will be realised in the near future Please activate JavaScript in your browser to use all interface options Oil refining complex of PJSC ANK Bashneft (Bashneft-Novoil The day when large oil refining in Bashkiria was commissioned fell on June 20 1938 the first tons of gasoline were produced at the ADU unit of the Ufimsky cracking plant Novo-Ufimsky (Novoil) and Chernikovsky refineries (Ufaneftekhim) were built and a powerful oil refinery complex was established in Ufa all the three refineries are production sites of Bashneft's Unified Refinery The total processing capacity of a deeply integrated complex managed from a single center is up to 23.5 million tons of raw materials a year: Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim - 9.5 million tons per year Bashneft-Novoil  -  7.4  million t per year,  Bashneft-UNPZ  -  6 Oil is supplied to the refinery by pipeline and rail transport The united refinery provides processing of crude oil produced in the Republic of Bashkortostan The Unified Oil Refinery's production site includes the following processes: The Novoil production site includes the following processes: The Ufaneftekhim production site includes the following processes: transalkylation and disproportionation of aromatic hydrocarbons hydrotreatment of catalytic cracking gasoline With the entry of Bashneft into the 4th quarter of 2016 Rosneft began a fundamentally new stage in the development of the Ufa Refinery Group The integration of Bashneft's enterprises into Rosneft's production processes has increased production efficiency by an order of magnitude thanks to the mutual supply of components between the refineries the main investment volume was directed to maintaining existing capacities and bringing to the requirements of norms and rules as well as continuing the implementation of an integrated program for the development of the enterprise Bashneft-Novoil organized the release of motor gasoline with improved environmental and operational properties of AI-95-K5 Euro-6 according to STO 44905015-006-2017 to provide consumers of the Republic of Bashkortostan and motor gasoline AI-100-K5 according to STO 44905015-005-2017 The main performance indicators of the United Refinery The idea of the University of Florence giving itself a corporate identity dates back to 2012 The project was entrusted to the Communication Laboratory of the new Department of Architecture was “to build and define the identity of the institution affirm its credibility and reputation in the eyes of public opinion” The first step was the restyling of the logo originally a full-length figure enclosed in a double circle containing the words Florentina Studiorum Universitas to better show his attributes of authority and wisdom: the gaze Outdoor signage (design didacommunicationlab) Aluminium composite sheet cube signals the entrance to the buildings and the functions present inside a large window sticker marks the entrance to the library The wayfinding project aimed to demonstrate that the different departments all belong to the University an institution strongly intertwined with the city The goal was tackled by making all the University’s different buildings (which are scattered throughout the historic city centre and across the most peripheral offshoots of Florence) recognisable using a coherent and unitary visual and communicative language; and giving the schools the names of the places handed down by toponymy out of respect for the history of Florence (Santa Teresa Expanded polypropylene cubes show the functions on the floors The result is an abacus of signage elements that vary depending on the different spatial characteristics of the buildings and created on the basis of a tender keeping the University from having to adopt elements from a catalogue A visual identity project that will continue to be worked on by new graduates and doctoral students in design and architecture in order to respond coherently to new problems Suspended aluminium composite plate cubes illustrate the arrangement of the collections inside the reading room and website in this browser for the next time I comment The use of drones in urban centres is still prohibited in Italy Abitare.it e Style.corriere.it rifiutando tutti i cookie di profilazione ad eccezione di quelli tecnici necessari Naviga il sito di Abitare.it con pubblicità profilata e senza abbonarti By subscribing you will reject all but technical cookies on Iodonna.it By clicking "accept" you will allow to process your personal data by us and third parties and be able to browse Abitare.it website without a subscription By 2024-11-06T12:25:00 The €800m PBSA platform buys 404-bed building in Italy Already a registered user or subscriber? Sign in here Register today PropertyEU has now merged with IPE Real AssetsRegistration will give you access to the PropertyEU archive.If you have a PropertyEU membership find out how to get access the huge Christmas trees will return soon and as the other great Christmas events are coming back in Florence let’s talk about one of the main holiday activities: the Christmas markets Here are the best Christmas markets in Florence to find your Christmas gifts or just take a walk with a glass of mulled wine or a steaming hot chocolate Until 22 DecemberPiazza Santa CroceEveryday 10am-11pm the traditional Mercatino di Natale returns to Santa Croce square The Weihnachtsmarkt tradition originally came from Germany and has been a part of the city’s Christmas celebration for the past 500 years and aromas that welcomes everyone and celebrates the culture and products of northern Italy and northern Europe Wooden cottages serve as stands that offer a great variety of delicacies You can find nice cups and plates to decorate and precious stones that can make the perfect gift Local artisan shops with aromatic soap and perfumes art Christmas decors from Belarus and even a Guinness stand for all the Irish brewery fans the hard thing will be to choose between all the delicious sweet and salty options You’ll find Bavarian specialties like salsiccia mais dolce, and stinco di maiale, German chocolate Sacher cake mini crêpes and Dutch waffles for those who would love to be strolling around the Amsterdam canals, bigos, pierogi and gulaz just like if you were in Poland delicious Kurtoskalacs from Hungary all sorts of cookies from Bretagne in France Don’t forget to get nice hot chocolate or Vin brulé for the cold too Tables and tents are spread all around for everyone to eat and enjoy with their lovers Santa’s house offers activities and meetings with Babbo Natale.  Until 7 JanuaryCentro Commerciale San Donato In the Novoli area in the northwest part of Florence the San Donato shopping mall is hosting its traditional Christmas market from November 19 to January 7 More than 40 wooden houses are expecting visitors in the open square of the shopping center This Christmas market is the perfect place to find original gift ideas while tasting typical Christmas food 30 November-1 December10am-7pmPiazza Ognissanti This winter the International Ceramic Fair arrives at Piazza Ognissanti for the second time in the Special Edition Christmas Following the undeniable success of last year’s market an exhibition dedicated to artisan ceramics featuring 40 artists showcasing their unique craftsmanship pieces can be found in Ognissanti square 30 November-1 DecemberPalazzo degli Affari ATT Christmas Market is held by the Associazione Tumori Toscana and offers a variety of designer clothes and artisanal goods all of the proceeds go directly to cancer patients in need that are looking to be treated free of charge in the comfort of their own homes 10am-6pm (7-8 Dec)Tepidarium (via Bolognese 17A) the American International League of Florence is organizing the AILO Christmas bazaar with all kinds of vintage clothes and more for you to find the perfect gifts for your loved ones 7-22 December10am-8pmPiazza Santa Maria Novella 𝐀𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 returns with its small village in Alto Adige style Sixteen beautifully decorated wooden houses offering the opportunity to find an unforgettable gift Emerging creativity takes center stage at Florence’s Manifattura Tabacchi which for two weekends will host MANI-Factory a Christmas market organized by the Heyart Association dedicated to promoting new Italian craftsmanship Save the dates: December 7-8 and December 21-22 there will be free workshops and hands-on activities led by the exhibitors themselves Although held every third Saturday and Sunday throughout the year at Christmas time this vintage market proves to be particularly full of all sorts of unique pieces of furniture The idea behind the fair is to 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from a contrada so-called because for several generations each de Castris had five children white and rosé DOC wines (Salice Salentino It has a hotel and restaurant (Villa Donna Lisa) as well as a wine bar dedicated to the legendary first rosé wine to be bottled in Italy and made from 90 per cent Negroamaro and 10 per cent Malvasia Nera More and more are joining the Rosautoctono movement and standing up for Italian rosato Italian rosé wines are just not ‘one night wines’ Over 30 per cent of all wine drunk in France by the French is rosé Although the country has a long tradition of pale or low-pigmented wines most of the 2.5 million bottles it makes on home soils are exported Only 10 per cent of wine drunk in Italy is rosé The Rosautoctono movement was established by Italian rosato makers to promote and preserve wines which do not undergo complete fermentation in grape skin They judge by looks and seem to think rosé a little too pretty to drink snobs see it as an afterthought… spillage in a bottle not as a worthy food complement or a quality fine wine in its own right Italian rosato is made as other rosé wines but with Italian grapes like Montepulciano The Lake Garda region has been making Chiaretto since the 16th century from Provence came the ‘vinification by tears’ method just with the juice from the press collected after only one night of maceration The Italians are very keen on skin contact; six to 16 hours at a time The Chiaretto wines of Lake Garda come from either side of the border between Veneto and Lombardy Good producers include Matilde Poggi’s Le Fraghe In the Riviera del Garda Classico DOC on the Lombardy side of the lake the Italian rosé wines are more floral and rosé-coloured The DOC requires 30 per cent of the ancient variety the biggest producer of Italian pink wines is Abruzzo which boasts two separate DOCs Montepulciano d’Abruzzo and Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo Cerasuolo (‘pale cherry red’) uses the native Montepulciano grape The best producer is Valentini but look out also for Emidio Pepe The coral-coloured Castel del Monte Bombino Nero is another fine rosé as is Librandi from Calabria with its Ciro rosato made from Gaglioppo Aromatised by wild coast herbs (macchia mediterranea) Ciro is one of the oldest wines in the world the wine awarded to the ancient Greek Olympic champions former ‘flying winemaker’ and graduate of the University of California at Davis Mark Shannon runs the A Mano (by hand) vineyard in Noci we use 100 per cent Primitivo grapes from the Ginosa The contact time with the skins is measured in seconds “The clean juice goes through a slow fermentation at low temperatures of 7ºC to retain the delicate perfumes And you come out with exotic tropical fruit aromas and a hint of crystallised ginger followed by lush citrus The Primitivo grape contributes a blackberry character.” please register for free or log in to your account.