Last month Greystar, the global student housing provider which has more than 660,000 units and student beds under management in more than 50 cities around the world, announced a partnership with Ivanhoé Cambridge Holdings UK and Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors to invest €1bn in purpose-built student accommodation in the Greater Paris Region. CoStar News caught up with Hideki Kurata, Managing Director of France for Greystar, to discuss the firm’s foray into the nascent French student housing market.