Co-living is on the rise, with multiple-occupancy developments coming to a major city near you. Sometimes known as beehive housing, residential buildings are sectioned off into small private units anchored by larger shared spaces; it’s the slickly marketed commercial cousin to the more dorky, and less popular, commune.
In a report last year, the estate agent Savills called it “a market poised for huge growth”. Across the UK, 24,000 units were in the pipeline at the time, according to the agent, attracting millions of pounds of investment.
