A new £9 million student flats development has been unveiled for Bolton town centre.
Cllr Cliff Morris, Bolton Council leader, said: “It’s great for the town centre. If it can help regenerate the town centre then that’s good.”
The Cube comes on the back of a number of “des res” student flats which have opened in the town centre, including the converted former Pack Horse Hotel in Nelson Square …
Award nominated Ladybarn House in Manchester is currently undergoing the Phase 2 refurbishment by Rische Group.
The £150,000 scheme, which provides sixteen new studio appartments is currently in-build and due to complete this August in time for students returning to study.
Designed by Rische Group’s lead designer, Claire Holland, the scheme aims to provide fresh innovative interiors which out-rivals any other student living available in Manchester …
Councillors will decide whether to give plans to build more student accommodation the go-ahead.
Proposals have been submitted to turn the grounds of a former church on the corner of Fawcett Road and Heyward Road, Southsea, into a multi-storey halls of residence with 41 bedrooms.
There would be a doctor’s surgery and a pharmacy on the bottom floor …
A hotel in Northampton is to be transformed into accommodation for international students after a UK-wide hotel and Management Company kept the business running.
The Lime Trees Hotel in Langham Place, Barrack Road, was placed into administration last May when James Martin and Arvindar Singh-Sall from Birmingham-based Moore Stephens were appointed joint administrators with a view to selling the property.
Moore Stephens appointed Legacy Hotels and Resorts to operate and manage the town centre venue over the busy Christmas period and their success gave further time for marketing – giving the opportunity for the completed sale to Bosworth Independent College …
Plans which could see a vacant Northampton office block and part of BBC Radio Northampton’s headquarters converted into student flats have been revealed.
Proposals have been submitted to Northampton Borough Council by Nottingham-based MRP Developments to create 94 student flats at the top end of Abington Street.
The scheme would see a vacant five storey office block next to the BBC’s headquarters converted into student apartments.
A further eight flats would also be created on the second floor of the BBC building in a space which is no longer used by the broadcaster …
When it comes to student accommodation, people tend to think of pokey bedsits and the kind of grotty flat made famous by The Young Ones.
But these days it seems undergraduates have much higher expectations and standards when they come to study in Bristol.
One property company is tapping into the demand for high life among Bristol’s student population and is planning a luxury development in the in the city centre.
North West-based property firm Vita is planning to pump £14 million into a development on Colston Avenue in the heart of the city …
Plans have been lodged for a 126-bed student accommodation complex close to the Fountains Roundabout in Chester.
William Fishwick and Son Ltd has applied for planning permission to demolish existing buildings and erect a two-block scheme next to Northgate Church in Upper Northgate Street.
The proposal has been brought forward sooner than originally anticipated because a rival 2,500-bed student village proposal has been resubmitted on green belt land at Mollington …
London-based Alumno Developments has lodged plans with Norwich City Council for the redevelopment of the city centre site for a scheme they have branded as All Saints Norwich.
If approved, it would see a 228-bedroom student accommodation block of up to nine storeys built on the east side of the bus station site, between the YMCA and Queens Road.
The developers, who carried out consultation earlier this year, say there is a need for student accommodation, with more than 19,000 students in higher education at the city’s two universities – the University of East Anglia and the Norwich University of the Arts …
Developers have announced plans for the former tannery site in Canterbury.
That Group, a property company specialising in mixed-use development, will hold a public exhibition for people to find out more about its ideas for the conversion of the derelict site in Stour Street.
The firm is considering a number of options and no planning application has been submitted …
A Fylde coast construction outfit has secured the second part of a £2.3m contact to completely refurbish student accommodation in Leeds.
Create Construction won the contract for the second phase of the redevelopment of the Liberty Dock flats after satisfying the client with their efforts on the first phase.
The firm was founded seven years ago by Paul and Gill Mathison, has a turnover of £16m, and employs 18 from its base at Whitehills Business Park …
“TigerLime were engaged by the joint administrators of a large student accommodation property in the centre of Lancaster, on short notice and in difficult circumstances. TigerLime maintained regular communication on matters important to us and liaised closely with us and our appointed property agents towards a successful sale of the property.””
Nick Reed (Director), PwC and joint administrator of Cable Street Investments Limited
