The Institutional Acquisition Checklist: What Investors & Asset Managers Need in 2026

Institutional investors are increasingly exploring coliving as part of the residential investment landscape. At the same time, expectations around governance, asset quality, operational maturity, and reporting standards are becoming more defined.

Understanding how investors approach acquisition decisions is therefore an important part of the sector’s development.

This session brought together perspectives from across the investment ecosystem to discuss how coliving assets are evaluated and what factors influence investment decisions.

What was covered in this session?

• How institutional investors assess shared living opportunities
• Governance and reporting expectations
• Asset quality and portfolio scale considerations
• Market and regulatory factors influencing investment
• Alignment between operators and capital partners