Irish PM increases rental fees – Leeds
While Irish landlords are suffering from a slump in the rental market, Brian Cowen and his partners in a Leeds student accommodation block are instead…
Edinburgh site to lie empty for years
A controversial development of student flats has been scrapped after developer Unite decided to sell the site. The company’s plans for the former Martin & Frost furniture store on McDonald Road led to strong opposition from local residents who were concerned about the sudden growth in the number of student flats in the area…….
Exeter University, student accommodation debated
Proposals which could see hundreds of student flats built in the city will be debated at a special planning meeting. Plans have been submitted for 194 student bedrooms to be created at Duryard Halls, at Lower Argyll Road, within a three to four-storey, split-level block. The plan is part of a £130m investment by the university to house more students in purpose-built accommodation……
HCA invest £16m to ‘kick start’ regeneration projects
The first scheme to be completed will be a 700-bed student accommodation block, due to open in September 2009. It has been developed and will be managed by Unite…..
York St John University student flats shortlisted for national award
Controversial flats built for hundreds of York students have been shortlisted for a national award. York St John University’s newest hall of residence comprising 272 rooms in Percy’s Lane and Navigation Road is one of only four schemes on the Times Higher Education shortlist for the national Outstanding New Residence Awards 2009……
Plan for hundreds of student homes – Chichester
A development containing hundreds of student study bedrooms is being proposed for a location close to Chichester city centre, in a move to satisfy a ‘pressing’ local need…….