- CEO
- Christian Teunissen
- Full Time Employees
- 252
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Hotels/Resorts/Cruise lines
- Address
- Frankrijklei 64-68 Antwerp VL Belgium 2000
- IPO Date
- Dec 11, 2015
- Business
- Xior Student Housing NV (XIOR.BR) is a Belgian public regulated real estate company (RREC) specializing in the ownership and operation of student housing properties across Europe; it offers a variety of accommodations including rooms with shared facilities, en-suite rooms, and fully equipped studios, complemented by amenities such as badge access systems, lounges, TV rooms, 24/7 emergency services, vending machines, washing machines, and automated key systems. The company targets students in prime locations near universities and educational institutions, maintaining high occupancy rates around 98% through its focus on quality, safety, and student-centric environments. Founded in 2007 by CEO Christian Teunissen with the acquisition of its first student residence, Xior Student Housing NV is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, at Frankrijklei 64-68, and operates in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden; it was formally incorporated on 10 March 2014, accredited as a public REIT under Belgian law on 24 November 2015, and listed on Euronext Brussels following its IPO on 11 December 2015. Recent developments include the acquisition of approximately 900 student units in Warsaw and Wroclaw, Poland, for 67 million euros at a 10.5% gross yield during the first half of 2025, the successful closing of the Xior Wenedów residence in Warsaw in September 2025, and ongoing execution of a development pipeline adding 404 units in 2025 and 1,150 in 2026 across markets like Warsaw, Amsterdam, Porto, and Seraing; the company completed an accelerated bookbuild capital increase of 80 million euros in January 2025, a contribution in kind of 16 million euros in April 2025 related to Basecamp earn-out, and secured a new 100 million euro credit facility from Rabobank post-balance sheet in 2025 H1, while divesting 24 million euros in non-strategic assets to recycle capital into higher-yielding opportunities, resulting in a property portfolio valued at 3.473 billion euros as of H1 2025 with projected growth to 3.8 billion euros upon pipeline completion.