Student accommodation specialist Unite has called a halt to its development programme due to the uncertain financial climate

The firm said it “continues to see attractive development opportunities emerging but is maintaining a cautious stance towards committing to further development activity at this time until the funding climate becomes clearer”.

Unite has £200 million of debt facilities maturing on balance sheet in 2013 and so will not make any new development commitments until these debt maturities have been addressed …

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