The University of Bradford has created a unique student village which is now ready for its first residents – The Green.
The Green has achieved the highest ever BREEAM rating for any building, at 95.05% – the highest accredited award for sustainable building development and operation.
The development has beaten more than 1 million buildings assessed through this leading environmental standard since it was launched in 1990 …
Social housing is one of the largest single capital investments by the state in our poorest communities. Some £37bn has been invested by government into affordable housing over the last 35 years. But it is doubtful that the social return on this investment amounts even a tenth of that figure. By any measure, the potential of social housing in rebuilding civil society has been gravely underutilised. It is time to recognise that social housing providers are uniquely placed to deliver a far broader range of public goods and community benefits – and that their tenants desperately need them to adhere to this higher and better standard
Legal and General Property (LGP) has acquired a major student accommodation development from Imperial College London, in a £116 million sale-and-leaseback deal.
The deal, described as “an industry first” by LGP, will see the property firm acquire and then let Griffon Studios in Battersea back to Imperial on a 45-year inflation-linked lease, after which the ownership will revert to the university.
Griffon Studios, a joint venture between Imperial and student accommodation specialist Berkeley First, is designed to showcase Imperial’s ‘Gradpad’ brand, which delivers residences specifically for the postgraduate market …
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Serice recently convinced developers to include sprinklers in a high rise building built to accommodate students.
The developers Watkin Jones originally said sprinklers would not be fitted. The University of Portsmouth argued that stringent evacuation measures would suffice.
Following discussions between Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service and the university it has been decided that the Blade will now be fitted with sprinklers …
Significant changes to higher education in England and underlying property market forces will create real winners and losers in student housing investment and development sectors.
In its latest review of the market, property adviser Savills predicts that the prospects for student housing as an asset class are polarising between first class and third class locations …
A host of organisations gathered last week (26/8) to officially open a new £40m development of student accommodation at Bagot Street in Birmingham.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Anita Ward, opened the celebrations, welcoming the contribution the development will make to Birmingham’s offer as a University city before releasing 250 balloons to mark the occasion.
Sarah Claughton, Chair of Cosmopolitan Student Homes, Joe Cross, Construction Director of Iliad Group and Mike Voss, Regional Director of Vinci Construction UK were joined by colleagues and partners in the project …
Planning permission has been granted for a development that will provide 185 new student rooms in Exeter.
The city’s planning committee approved the application for Kingfisher House/Stag House on Western Way at a meeting this week.
Following a “healthy debate” within the council chamber, members voted in favour after deciding there was no planning reason to refuse it …
Mansell has completed a £22.5 million project to construct seven multi-storey student accommodation blocks at Mansfield Hall in Reading for Unite Integrated Solutions (UIS).
The development comprises part traditional and part modular build of 604 bedrooms, 132 kitchens and 36 stair modules. A central reception and common room have also been constructed …
For many, the prospect of a new school term will mean cashing in their savings. But for niche buy-to-let investors, September means a new set of student tenants and a steady monthly income.
Rents increased for the sixth consecutive month in July, up to an average price of £705 – £29 more than this time last year.
It’s likely that rents for students will remain high, predicted David Newnes of LSL Property Services, which conducted the survey. “Demand from thousands of frustrated buyers each month underpins buoyant competition for rental homes, enabling landlords to increase prices,” he said …
More than 400 people have objected to plans to demolish a Victorian factory to make way for a complex of student flats.
Jamie Lewis Residential is seeking permission from Leicester City Council to knock down the CPH Thurmaston building, in Upperton Road in Leicester’s West End, to build 731 student rooms in buildings up to eight storeys high.
The Victorian factory used to be Great Central Railway’s wagon repair works …
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