A new student accommodation scheme in central Leeds has been sold to Q Investment Partners (QIP), a Singapore-headquartered private equity real estate firm, in a deal worth about £15m.
The 88 studio apartments with associated amenities, are being built at 26-34 Merrion Street.
Work will start this month, and the scheme will be ready for occupation in time for the start of the 2024/25 academic year …
Developer Southern Grove has secured permission to create a £75million mixed-use student accommodation scheme that will complete the transformation of Hackney Wick into one of the fastest growing educational and cultural centres in London.
Most importantly, the project will house two organisations of huge importance to the local community, on a peppercorn rent for 150 years.
The Piano Works, on the site of the former Broadwood piano factory in Fish Island, will house 204 student beds in two six and seven-storey blocks …
The BTR developer-operator plans to create 410 new homes alongside 2,600 sq ft of commercial space …
Circa 550-bed scheme marks the sixth project in the UK for the partnership …
Property developers Related Argent and Fusion are joining forces to build and manage a 662-room, purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development at Brent Cross Town, north London …
Unite Students, the UK’s largest student accommodation operator, announces £65m refurbishment projects to take place across three of their purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) properties in Manchester – Parkway Gate, Kincardine Court and New Medlock House. Work on all three schemes are due to complete by September, for the beginning of the 2022/23 academic year.
The projects, which are already underway, will include the creation of over 100 new student beds, enhanced sustainability with improved EPC ratings, the installation of upgraded cladding for enhanced fire safety in line with the latest government regulations, and other enhancements for more sustainable day-to-day operations …
Renowned for delivering some of the biggest regeneration projects in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), Vita Group announces it will invest €350m in its European expansion programme. The Group is preparing to launch its first scheme outside of the UK – Vita Student Pedralbes in Barcelona which is expected to open in September 2022.
With construction well underway, Vita Student Pedralbes is the Group’s first residence to open in Europe. The PBSA scheme has been designed by prestigious architectural firm Batlle I Roig. The design-led building will deliver 274 student beds and will create a thriving community thanks to its amenities, which include private study and dining rooms, state-of-the-art gym, swimming pool, lounges and hub spaces.
In early 2023, Vita Student Poblenou – the Group’s second PBSA scheme in Spain – will bring a further 349 student beds to Barcelona, opening in the 22@district – another of the city’s student hotspots. Once open, Vita Group will directly employ over 50 new jobs in Barcelona, with total investment into the European expansion set to exceed €350m. The business is expected to indirectly contribute to circa 750 jobs throughout Spain, with the ambition of creating more beds to meet Barcelona’s growing demand for PBSA and ease existing pressures on the city’s housing stock …
Summix has been given the go-ahead to turn a brownfield site in St Philip’s Marsh, Bristol, into a 595-bed student scheme. Plans for the development, at the corner of Feeder Road and Albert Road, were submitted in April 2019 …
Watkin Jones, the UK’s leading developer and manager of residential for rent homes, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Bristol-based developer Deeley Freed’s consented 819-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Bedminster, Bristol.
The c£110m GDV BREEAM ‘Excellent’ scheme is sustainably located just five-minute’s cycle from the University’s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus and 100 metres from Bedminster Train Station and East Street’s shops, cafes and bars …
The City of London Corporation has approved a 644-bed student accommodation scheme in the Square Mile that will be supported by the London School of Economics (LSE) …
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