A plan to convert Bolton’s well-known Pack Horse Hotel into student halls has been given the green light.
The proposals, which will see 100 students living in the 19th-century building, have been approved by planning bosses at Bolton Council.
It is thought the influx of students to Nelson Square could provide a huge economic boost for the town centre …
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 …
University College has spent seven million pounds purchasing a development of flats in Oxford City Centre.
The purchase of the twenty six properties, which are off St Thomas Street, mark a residential investment by the college, rather than a move to provide further accommodation for students.
Frank Marshall, Estates Bursar for University College, commented, “The flats have been purchased as an investment, to provide income to help fund our academic activities.” …
A fomer mill in Galashiels has been earmarked for redevelopment into student flats.
The derelcit building has been empty since 1998 but now Haddington based planner Ewen Brown hopes to turn Bristol Mill into a 108-bed building for students.
Students from the Heriot-Watt University and Borders College will make use of the converted B-listed building …
Edge Hill University wants to build 384 more student homes on campus.
University bosses have submitted a planning application to West Lancashire Council for six three-storey accommodation blocks on the St Helen’s Road campus.
Pro Vice-Chancellor Steve Igoe said the application is part of the continued implementation of the university’s estates strategy. He added: “The University has a shortage of on-site accommodation, not just for Year 1 students but also for students in Years 2 and 3 who wish to return to the campus from local residences. We also needing further provision for both international students …
A giant new student residence at the junction of Great Suffolk Street and Pocock Street was ‘topped out’ on Thursday by representatives of Unite and construction firm Mansell.
Final planning permission for the 671-bed Conran-designed scheme was approved in January 2010. The development was controversial because of the large amount of student accommodation proposed in SE1.
Unite already has a 230-bed student residence further up Great Suffolk Street and is developing a 146-room scheme on Waterloo Road .
“The structural completion of Moonraker Point represents a significant milestone for Unite and brings us a step closer to achieving our goal of creating 4,000 new bedrooms in London between 2012 and 2014,” says Richard Simpson, Unite’s managing director of property …
BAM Construction has been picked by Plymouth University for the £8.5 million development of its first on-campus student accommodation at the Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital. The bespoke student accommodation development will house Plymouth University and Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) students studying at its Truro base.
The Knowledge Spa is a partnership between Plymouth University, PCMD and the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust and offers interdisciplinary health profession training.
Graham Kingdon, construction manager for BAM said: “BAM is renewing a partnership with Plymouth University that saw us deliver the highly acclaimed Roland Levinsky Building in the last few years …
A historic warehouse by the side of Brayford Pool in Lincoln could be turned into student accommodation.
The University of Lincoln has submitted a plan to demolish a derelict single storey building adjoining the late 19th century Pea Factory.
The Echo understands one possible use for the old factory, next to the Faculty of Business and Law, in Brayford Wharf East, is student flats …
Developers who dropped plans for 132 student flats amid widespread protests have returned with new proposals – for 112.
New Connislow Limited withdrew its bid for planning permission to build 132 studio flats on the former Prescription Pricing Agency (PPA) site, on Green Lane, in Durham City, in September, shortly before they were due to go before councillors.
Now the Edinburgh-based firm has applied for consent for 112 studio flats, in a four-storey block …
Plans have been drawn up to extend Norfolk Park student village. A total of 72 en-suite bedrooms are being proposed for students and young professionals as part of a four-storey development off Norfolk Park Road.
Already 700 residents live in shared houses and flats at the village, which dates from the 1970s and which Sheffield Hallam University sold to city-based Oak Estates.
The scheme has been submitted for the approval of the council, which will assess the impact on the neighbouring conservation area and Norfolk Heritage Park …
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