Australia’s richest developer, Harry Triguboff, will boost his portfolio of build-to-rent (BTR) apartments by 14 per cent over the next year and a half as foreign students and migrants return to the country’s largest city with the reopening of international borders.

Mr Triguboff will also rebrand his 4860-strong portfolio of commercial rental units as Meriton Build for Rent, to distinguish a portfolio he has been building for 20-plus years from those of rivals including Mirvac and – in months to come – Lendlease.