In 2019, HDFC took 25 per cent in Good Host Spaces, which offers student housing under brand 'New Door':
Private Equity (PE) funds are betting a lot on student housing, since there are better returns here as compared to other classes of commercial real estate. Student housing could, says realty consultancy Knight Frank, attract $29-30 billion (Rs 2 trillion) of PE funds in the coming years. The current estimated demand-supply gap is eight million beds.