Around 270 homes could be built at Swansea University’s student village after it was sold to the developer.
Houses would be built across 20 acres (eight hectares) of the Hendrefoilan site, around woodland and green space.
It is currently home to 1,644 students but the sale is part of a wider redevelopment at the university …
Plans have been submitted for a £28 million student accommodation development in Lincoln.
Jackson & Jackson Developments has handed in the blueprints for The Gateway, on land at the entrance to Ruston Way, off Tritton Road.
The building, designed by Stem Architects, will incorporate a commercial frontage as well as providing a high standard of student accommodation …
Councillors look set to stick broadly with a policy to control the expansion of student lets in York despite a number of criticisms.
City of York Council has carried out a review of its use of “Article 4 Directions”, under which planning permission is required to change an ordinary house in to a house of multiple occupation (HMO) of between three and six unrelated residents.
The policy was introduced in April last year amid growing concerns about the number of family homes becoming HMOs in areas, particularly near the University of York …
More than £1.6 billion has been invested in UK student accommodation in just nine months, as investors seek to tap in to one of property’s most lucrative asset classes.
According to CBRE’s Student Accommodation Index, the sector has shown total returns of 9.95 per cent in the 12 months to September 2013, higher than IPD total returns on offices, industrial and retail property over the same period.
Total UK education exports in 2011 were worth £17.5 billion, making education the UK’s fifth largest services export sector, ahead of insurance and computer services …
Plans for a Sainsbury’s and accommodation for 260 students are set to fail their examination.
Dozens of residents have opposed the plans for Mitcham’s Corner in Cambridge and councillors have now been recommended to refuse the scheme, amid fears the scale of the design would “swamp” the Portland Arms pub.
The application would see the Alexander House offices and the Furniture Direct store, either side of the pub, replaced with six blocks arranged around a central courtyard and stretching back to Corona Road to extend the existing four-storey terrace there …
Unprecedented demand from investors for luxury student apartments in Exeter city centre has led to a new £17m scheme selling out in just seven weeks.
All 161 apartments in Vita Student’s Portland House development on Longbrook Street scheme have been purchased off-plan by UK and overseas investors.
Work has also started on site by main contractor Create Construction, with the project due to be completed in time for the 2014/15 student intake …
There are currently 457,000 purpose-built bedspaces in the UK, up 30,000 in just four years. However, with 1.72 million fulltime students now studying in the UK, the demand for student accommodation has never been greater.
While there has been a significant increase in student accommodation in recent years, the level of provision continues to vary from region to region. Deloitte Real Estate’s unique ‘bedspace ratio’ measures the number of fulltime students to each purpose-built bedspace – an indication of the capacity for new supply. For example, in London there are 294,555 students for 66,787 purpose-built bedspaces, equating to a ratio of 4.4. Northern Ireland has the highest ratio at 5.8 and the South East and East Midlands the lowest at 3.0.
Chris Baldwin, partner and head of student housing at Deloitte Real Estate, said: “The introduction of higher fees has meant that students have become even more discerning in their choice of university, and universities recognise that their built environment can play an important role in attracting students. We therefore expect to see universities further improve their accommodation, or continue to outsource some of it to the private sector.” …
The South West and Wales has the highest proportion of privately owned student accommodation in the UK.
The first research of its kind has revealed who owns student accommodation in the UK.
With 53 per cent of ownership in the hands of the universities themselves, it is estimated 47 per cent are now privately owned, with the largest of these providers being Unite and UPP combining to make up 35 per cent of the private market …
A derelict building near the centre of Bath has been purchased in the hope of redeveloping the site into student accommodation Green Park House, a derelict former residential care home at a key gateway to the city centre, has been purchased by the Berkeley Group. The purchase also includes neighbouring Ernest Ireland House.
The site has an existing planning permission for a 190 bed hotel and office space, however no development based on this consent was brought forward by the previous owners of the site.
The Berkeley Group now wishes to bring about the redevelopment of the site, which currently sits boarded up, occupying a prominent position overlooking Green Park and the River Avon …
The accommodation will not have any car parking, with tenants being prevented from having cars under the terms of their contracts or applying for residents’ permits, policies that are already successfully enforced at other managed student blocks in the city. The development will also benefit from 24 hours on-site management ensuring the safety and security of students.
CityFibre and Ask4 have announced a new strategic partnership.
Specialist managed communications provider Ask4 will be able to offer gigabit-speed broadband to customers after entering into a strategic relationship with CityFibre.
Under the deal, Ask4 will utilise CityFibre’s advanced fibre optic network to deliver ultrafast connectivity to businesses, student accommodation and multi-dwelling units …
“TigerLime has worked closely with Mainstay Group Limited, over an extended period of time, providing consultancy services for our Student Property Management division.”
Sue Petri, Property Director, Mainstay Residential Limited
