The how-to handbook for co-living

Your Guide to Delivering Co-Living 
Developments that work.

Your practical guide to delivering successful Co-Living developments – from site selection to community exit.

Developed by urban regeneration and masterplanning specialists Ackroyd Lowrie, the How-To Handbook for Co-Living is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide designed to take the guesswork out of delivering high-quality Co-Living schemes at scale.

This isn’t a conceptual deep-dive. Co-Living is already a proven and growing sector within the rental residential market. Instead, the Handbook focuses on practical delivery, offering clear guidance on the critical stages of development – with the quality and structure required to meet both planning and funding expectations.

What’s in the guide?

Contents

PART 1 

What? Who? Why? 

  • What is Co-Living?

  • Current Market Trends: Why now?

  • Can Co-Living meet this demand?

  • Who rents a Co-Living apartment?

  • Why are they choosing this product?

PART 2 

How To… 

  • Select a Co-Living Site

  • Get Planning for Co-Living

  • Design a Co-Living Scheme

  • Service Co-Living

  • Value & Underwrite a Co-Living Scheme

  • Construct a Co-Living Scheme

  • Market a Co-Living Scheme

  • Build a Community

  • Exit a Co-Living Scheme

Expert-Led, Insight-Rich

This cradle-to-grave guide draws on real-world experience and input from leading voices across the sector – including planners, operators, architects, engineers, legal experts, and funders.

Contributors include: Trowers & Hamlins · Savills · DTZ Investors · Conscious Co-Living · Capital Economics · Urban Land Institute · Halcyon Development Partners · Living for Life · Applied Energy · DP9 · Harris Associates, and more.