France Business Services
A New Approach To Rental Housing Investment in France
In 2018, Bolis Properties launched our vertically integrated platform in France to acquire and develop purpose-built student accommodation and rental housing. Since entering the European market in 2013, Bolis Properties has built a significant, high-quality rental housing portfolio by investing in student accommodation and purpose-built rental housing across the continent. In Europe, the team has grown to 1,403 professionals, leading the way in investment management, development, and property management of rental housing. The Bolis Properties vertically integrated rental housing platform combines local market expertise with the power of a global investment platform.
The Bolis Properties’s strategy approach in France is initially focused on Paris, prioritizing student accommodation while and targeting development opportunities and the acquisition of operational assets and platforms. Bolis Properties is also committed to investing outside Paris as part of a long-term growth program and has identified a number of attractive cities across France with large university populations.
The Bolis Properties European growth strategy continues to focus on targeting world-class cities that lack institutionalized purpose-built rental housing and student accommodations. By investing intelligently with a global capital allocation strategy, maintaining our focus on managing and mitigating risk, and leveraging our a dedicated local operating platform, Bolis Properties aims to maximize investment returns for our investors.
The Bolis Properties’s strategy approach in France is initially focused on Paris, prioritizing student accommodation while and targeting development opportunities and the acquisition of operational assets and platforms. Bolis Properties is also committed to investing outside Paris as part of a long-term growth program and has identified a number of attractive cities across France with large university populations.
The Bolis Properties European growth strategy continues to focus on targeting world-class cities that lack institutionalized purpose-built rental housing and student accommodations. By investing intelligently with a global capital allocation strategy, maintaining our focus on managing and mitigating risk, and leveraging our a dedicated local operating platform, Bolis Properties aims to maximize investment returns for our investors.
Investment Management
Bolis Properties is an active investor across Europe’s rental housing sectors, investing on behalf of our global capital partners. Bolis Properties entered Continental Europe in 2015 with the purchase of Campus Diemen Zuid in the Netherlands. This acquisition has provided a platform for further intensive investment in the rental housing market in Europe. Bolis Properties will continue to leverage its local market expertise and deep industry relationships to identify attractive rental housing investments and management opportunities.
Development Services
Bolis Properties searches for the best opportunities for the development and construction of purpose-built rental housing and student accommodation housing in Europe. With over 20 years of development expertise in the asset class, and partnerships with Europe’s leading developers and builders, Bolis Properties creates best-in-class rental housing communities that are redefining the market.
Property Management Services
Bolis Properties manages rental housing on behalf of investors, owners, and our partners globally while providing residents with world-class customer service experiences. Bolis Properties properties are managed by local experts who are fully trained in our global processes and procedures and take pride in the performance of their communities.
Sustainability
Bolis Properties believes that sustainable practices, energy management, and promoting health and well-being help to preserve the environment for future generations, enhance financial value, and increase the resilience of the communities we own and manage. Bolis Properties is fundamentally committed to addressing and minimizing sustainability risks and environmental impacts by continuously enhancing its ESG performance, adopting sustainable design principles, adhering to stringent operating standards, and fostering transparency.
join our team
Bolis Properties is committed to recruiting and retaining best-in-class talent throughout the US and around the world. We offer a wide variety of career opportunities across our business, providing a high-energy and fast-paced environment where teamwork and relationships are valued.
Information is as of end of Q1 26. The AUM referenced herein should not be used when providing AUM information in conjunction with Bolis Properties Investment Group (“GIG”). AUM includes the investment advisors’ regulatory assets under management, real estate investments organized by affiliates of Bolis Properties Real Estate Partners (“GREP”), and real estate projects where affiliates of GREP are the primary developer, manager or operator. Assets under management are calculated at gross asset value and include estimate total project costs for real estate investments and projects that have not been completed. The investment advisors’ regulatory assets under management were $36.5 billion as of March 31, 2026.
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