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Centurion Launches Upmarket Student Housing Brand for New Reit
The Straits Times
|July 16, 2025
Epiisod brand is part of effort to accelerate earnings growth, free up investment capital
SYDNEY - An infinity pool, sauna and even exclusive work opportunities are just some of the perks that residents of an upcoming student accommodation development in Sydney can expect in early 2026.
Epiisod Macquarie Park will be the first in a line of student accommodation launched on July 15 by Singapore Exchange (SGX) listed Centurion Corporation, featuring upmarket, wellness-focused amenities.
The launch of the new Epiisod brand is part of a wider effort by Centurion to accelerate earnings growth and free up capital for more investments, the company told Singapore reporters it hosted in Sydney on July 15.
It comes after Centurion announced a new real estate investment trust (Reit) called Centurion Accommodation Reit, which the firm applied with regulators in June to list on the SGX mainboard.
In a July 14 bourse filing, the company revealed the properties it will divest as sponsor of the Reit, which is still pending listing approval from SGX and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
The new Reit will comprise 14 properties: five purpose-built worker accommodation assets in Singapore, eight purpose-built student accommodation assets in Britain and one in Australia.
This story is from the July 16, 2025 edition of The Straits Times.
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