Student Housing Development & Investment · South Africa+27 81 726 9880 · Midrand
Purpose-built student housing · Established 2017

Build beds. Build futures.

StudentRez connects property, capital and operations to deliver scalable student accommodation across South Africa — designed for students, structured for investment, and built for long-term impact.

100% black-ownedGreenfield + conversionsNSFAS-aligned focusNational opportunity pipeline
StudentRez 360 · concept visual
R1B+Published project pipeline
3,000+Beds delivered (published)
2017StudentRez established
100%Black-owned company
One platform, multiple entry points

Student housing is not one transaction.

The strongest website journey separates investors, developers, institutions and operating opportunities — then shows how StudentRez can bring the right pieces together.

01 · DEVELOP

Greenfield housing

Purpose-built projects from site strategy and planning through construction management and delivery.

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02 · CONVERT

Adaptive reuse

Repurpose suitable buildings into compliant, student-focused accommodation with a faster route to operations.

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03 · ACQUIRE

Going concerns

Acquire and scale operating student-housing assets where the fundamentals, location and operating case align.

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The StudentRez 360 model

From opportunity to operating asset.

A development and investment approach built around site selection, finance readiness, delivery, student-centred design and long-term operational thinking.

Site + feasibilityCapital structuringDevelopmentOperationsImpact
Investment discipline

Make the opportunity understandable.

The current StudentRez site publishes target yields, build-cost benchmarks and investment structures. This redesign gives those numbers the context they need instead of presenting them like guarantees.

18–24%
Published expected-yield range
Target/benchmark only. Actual returns vary and are not guaranteed.
9–11%
Published cap-rate benchmark
Indicative investment benchmark from the current StudentRez model page.
R260k
Published greenfield cost-per-bed target
Project economics vary by site, timing, specification and financing.
Demo design principle:

The website can still sell the scale of the opportunity without making promises it cannot responsibly make. Target figures are visibly described as targets, and every investment journey leads to a conversation rather than a “buy now” decision.
Leadership

Put the operator behind the strategy.

For a capital-intensive development business, leadership needs to feel visible and accountable — not buried behind generic project imagery.

LMR
CEO · StudentRez360 Initiative

Lufuno Moses Ramabulana

StudentRez publicly presents Ramabulana as CEO and highlights more than a decade in housing, R500M+ packaged developments, R50M+ equity raised and a R400M+ built portfolio.

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10+Years in housing
R500M+Packaged developments
R50M+Equity raised
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