The advisory practice built for coliving.
Concept design, unit economics, operator selection, and scale-up for brands. Diligence, thesis building, and portfolio strategy for investors.
Our experience
Coliving is our deepest specialism.
Coliving sits between hospitality, multifamily, and brand. Few consulting practices have the operating fluency in all three. We have spent eight years building a focused coliving and student housing practice that works across the full life cycle, from first concept to investor exit, on both the brand side and the capital side.
Three ways we work with real estate leadership teams.
Pick the depth of engagement that matches the decision in front of you. Every tier starts with a senior consultant and ends with a written deliverable, not a slide deck.
01
4 to 6 weeks
Coliving feasibility
An independent read on a coliving concept, a market, or an investment thesis. Right for teams about to commit capital and wanting a senior outside view first.
Feasibility report, unit economics model, market sizing, and a clear recommendation on whether to proceed.
02
10 to 14 weeks
Brand build or thesis build
The full work of building a coliving brand from concept to first asset, or building an institutional investment thesis from market scan to portfolio plan.
Brand or thesis package, operating model, unit economics, scale-up plan, and the artefacts the next funding conversation needs.
03
Ongoing partnership
Embedded coliving partner
Senior consultants alongside coliving founders or investment teams through the early phase of scaling or deploying capital.
Monthly working sessions, milestone tracking, and accountability against the original brand or thesis.
Eight capabilities under one coliving practice.
Every coliving engagement draws from this set. We work on both the brand side and the capital side, often on the same asset.
01
Concept design and positioning
Define the coliving concept, the target resident, and the right to win in the chosen market.
02
Unit economics and underwriting
Build the unit economics model that operators, lenders, and investors will all stress-test against.
03
Operating model design
Design the operating model the coliving brand needs, from front-of-house to back-office to community programme.
04
Operator selection and partnership
For investors, identify and select the operator partner. For brands, design the operator-investor relationship the asset needs.
05
Scale-up and pipeline planning
Translate one successful asset into a portfolio, including sequencing, geographic logic, and capital plan.
06
Investment thesis and diligence
Build the institutional investment thesis on coliving, or run independent diligence on a target brand or asset.
07
Brand and resident experience
Design the brand layer that turns the asset into a community, and the resident experience that drives renewal economics.
08
Exit and portfolio strategy
Plan the exit, the recapitalisation, or the portfolio reshape, with the operating story that supports the valuation.
What you walk away with.
Every full Brand Build or Thesis Build produces this set. The Feasibility engagement delivers a subset focused on the go or no-go decision.
01
Coliving concept and brand positioning
02
Unit economics model with sensitivity analysis
03
Operating model and resident journey
04
Operator selection or partnership framework
05
Three-year pipeline and scale-up plan
06
Investment thesis or independent diligence pack
07
Capital plan and funding strategy
08
Exit plan with valuation logic
Where this practice adds the most value.
Coliving operators building or scaling a brand
From the first asset through portfolio scale, including the operating discipline and capital plan the next phase needs.
Institutional investors with a coliving thesis
Coliving consulting for private equity, family offices, and REITs entering, expanding, or repositioning in the sector.
Developers extending into coliving
Residential and mixed-use developers adding coliving to the portfolio, including the operating model the new asset class requires.
Student housing operators considering coliving
Adjacent moves from student housing into coliving, where the operating model overlap is real but the underwriting is different.
A four stage practice. A senior consultant on every project.
We keep scopes tightly bounded, our methodology disciplined, and our recommendations grounded in evidence. The result is a decision you can defend in front of your board, your investors, and your operating team.
Diagnose
We begin by understanding your business, your assets, and the stakeholder context. Every engagement opens with a structured discovery period where we frame the right questions before chasing answers.
Analyse
We combine primary research, your internal data, and external market intelligence to build evidence led hypotheses. You see our working, not only our conclusions.
Recommend
We co create a prioritised roadmap with your leadership team. Every recommendation is sequenced, costed, and risk adjusted, with the trade offs spelt out clearly.
Implement
We stay involved through execution and track outcomes against the original value case. The engagement closes when the change holds, not when the deck is delivered.
The thinking behind the work.
Where is coliving finally investable at scale?
After several years of false starts, the unit economics, regulation, and demand signals are aligning in pockets around the world. Our practitioner view covers which markets are now ready, which operating models are working, and which operator profiles are worth backing.
Read the perspectiveEight markets. Four operating models. One investable thesis.
Ready to talk?
Tell us about the concept, the market, the operator, or the thesis. We respond within one business day with a clear point of view and, if there is a fit, a written scope.
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