Central Over the past five years, central Perth has been 4 transformed through significant government 13 investment in city shaping projects and 3 15 7 leveraging of existing cultural facilities. 11 Perth 6 Busport 16 Student City 14 8 10 Wellington Street Perth Train This has been strengthened through private investment in international Station 5 Murray Street tourism, tertiary education and purpose built student accommodation (PBSA). An investment in PBSA in central Perth allows students to live at the heart Hay Street of Perth’s cultural and entertainment infrastructure, offering unrivaled 2 17 12 lifestyle, employment opportunities and the ability to influence the ongoing Barrack Elizabeth Street William transformation of the central city. Quay Busport

Riverside Drive EDUCATION INVESTMENT Train Station 9 1 University of WA 9 Elizabeth Quay | $2.6B 2 CQ University 10 Perth City Link | $1.4B 3 TAFE (Northbridge campus) 11 WA Museum | $0.4B 4 TAFE (East Perth campus) 12 Riverside | $2.2B 5 Curtin University (CBD campus) 13 | $1.3B boundary APPROVED PBSA VITALITY

6 89–95 Stirling Street 14 15 Northbridge PROPOSED PBSA 16 1 7 80 Stirling Street 17 8 Lot 4 – Perth City Link New

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International Education has been identified as a key growth industry for Perth and , benefiting from our proximity to the Asia Pacific and strong tertiary education sector. An opportunity exists for developers to address a shortfall of Purpose Built Student Accommodation in the central city area. McMath, March 2016 4,768 VALUE 15.5% student beds currently available Most affordable cost of living cheaper cost of (on campus), with only 839 of any capital city in Australia. construction than Queensland To facilitate this development, the City of Perth CONTACT US available commercially. Worldwide Cost of Living Report 2017, [12% cheaper than NSW]. offers the following package of incentives: McMath, March 2016 Economist Intelligence Unit ABS, PPI, December 2016 Michael Pasquale • 20% plot ratio bonus for special residential Economic Development Officer – Education (student accommodation) in many parts of the City; +61 (08) 9461 1451 • Fastest planning approvals in the country [Urbis, [email protected] Development Regulation Report, 2015]; • 10 day building permit process; $ Adrian Cagnana • No developer contributions; and Economic Development – Commercial Property 7 • No percent for art contributions. +61 (08) 9461 3336 The following information outlines the investment [email protected] context within the City of Perth and the current opportunities in the student accommodation sector. $11.9B 44 Top 10 GPO Box C120, Perth WA 6839 For further information please contact the City of in government led investment. tertiary training institutions most liveable city www.perth.wa.gov.au Perth’s Economic Development Unit. CoP Prospectus, October 2016 within the City of Perth. 12 years in a row. Study Perth, August 2016 Economist Intelligence Unit, 2016 Key statistics Perth will be the fastest growing Australian Capital over the next two decades

59,000 5hour 60% Ernst & Young, 2016 enrolled international flight time to Singapore. of world’s population share students in Perth. Perth’s timezone. Study Perth, March 2017

41% 5 $217M of Perth’s population universities in the invested in a new central, born overseas. QS university ranking. underground busport. New City of Perth Library KPMG Demographics, 2016

Edith Cowan Overall ranking in Australia Curtin QS, 2017/18 University Joondalup campus University Midland campus Overall ranking in the world QS, 2017/18 (From 2019) m k Edith Cowan Research Excellence ranking in Australia 10 ERA, 2012 University Mt Lawley campus The City of Perth benefits from four QS ranked universities located within 10 kilometres from Public transportation travel time from Perth City the central city, with key public transport connections providing comprehensive access to and m from university campuses. This connectivity has been substantially improved through the City k Link project, including a new $217 million dollar underground busport accommodating 28,000 5 passengers each week day. Connections to the nation and the globe are facilitated through the CQ ongoing redevelopment of the and a $1.86 billion airport rail link, set to open in 2020. University

Perth University Airport Curtin CQ 29 28 601- University 17 7 93 Edith Cowan 36 31 751- Murdoch 24 24 501- Curtin 18 15 Curtin University of WA 650 800 550 262 University Midland campus (from 2019) | CBD campus University of WA University University University CBD campus Perth CBD campus Nedlands campus Mount Lawley campus Murdoch campus Bentley campus 27 mins 0 mins 0km : 0 minutes 5km : 17 minutes 3.5km : 17 minutes 13km : 25 minutes 6km : 27 minutes University of Notre Dame • Newly-opened CBD campus • Student enrolments: 24,470 (2017) • Home to Western Australian • Student enrolments: 23,153 (2017) • Student enrolments: 52,994, • New sonography, • $80M (2017) investment into Academy of Performing Arts – • 39% international students 29% international students (2017) 34 mins echocardiography and Curtin E-Zone and Forrest Hall Australia’s most prominent • World leading Veterinary and • Significant structure planning engineering labs University specialist centres art centre Chiropractic courses with the vision of creating a • Central hub for all regional Edith Cowan University Bentley campus • Linked with the Queen MIT and Oxford Innovation learning spaces Joondalup campus University of Elizabeth II Medical Centre Hub campus Notre Dame providing advanced medical 34 mins Murdoch research and training University