is selling a UK student housing portfolio to for Β£600m (€834m).

The portfolio of 2,375 beds is spread across three sites in central London.

Round Hill Capital is selling the portfolio for a special purpose vehicle, Nido London.

Coral Student Portfolio (advised by ), a financial institution and overseas private stakeholders (advised by Curzon Land) are behind the vehicle.

Regarded as high-end student accommodation, the portfolio is the third to trade in recent weeks.

The Carlyle Group’s sale of a London student platform for Β£532m was followed by CPPIB’s Β£1.1bn dΓ©but in the UK student housing sector.

Round Hill Capital paid Blackstone Β£415m in May 2012 for the portfolio.

Michael Bickford, founder and chief executive of Round Hill Capital, said London and the UK continued to be β€œone of the most popular student destinations in the world”.

β€œDemand for English-language higher education is set to continue to rise, as student global mobility continues to increase,” he said, predicting the number of students globally would double by 2025.

β€œCoupled with the industry’s continuing supply constraints and the sector’s growing and stable cash flows, it leads us to believe the student accommodation market still provides a compelling investment opportunity, both within the UK and Europe.”