Studio North has created and launched a new website for The Student Housing Company, which operates 5,000 beds in 13 residences across the UK and continental Europe.
The team at Studio North, Manchester, was appointed by The Student Housing Company earlier this year.
The development of the firm’s new online presence started with a targeted focus group with over 100 of its end users …
Salford University has signed an £81m deal for a major student accommodation development at its Peel Park campus.
Salford Village Limited will build and manage accommodation for 1,367 students as part of the university’s wider campus development.
Salford Village Limited is a consortium comprising student accommodation specialist Campus Living Villages, construction firm Graham Construction and investors Equitix and Kier Project Investment …
Developers Yelverton Ltd have come up with proposals for student accommodation and a new cricket pavilion at Exeter Cricket Club in Prince of Wales Road.
Local residents and other interested parties have been invited to a consultation about the proposals.
Local councillor Keith Owen tells Community News: “The consultation will be held in the Flybe Suite at Exeter Football Club …
Plans for a £70million development which will accommodate 1200 students will go on show to the public this week.
The proposed development, called Seventeen Acres, will go on display on Thursday in the Merchant City Square Courtyard on Albion Street.
As well as student accommodation, developers say Seventeen Acres will provide a new cultural and outdoor space for the city, a ‘Roundhouse’ multi-purpose venue and space for 15 shop units accommodating a range of businesses, from dentists to food stores …
Tadhamon Capital BSC (c), a Bahrain based Islamic Investment Company, has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Paul Street development – their second prime Central London development to-date.
The acquisition was concluded in joint venture with Apache Capital and McLaren Property following the successful development and full letting of its first prime Central London student development – Paris Gardens – which was also carried out with McLaren Properties.
The Paul Street development will be comprised of three blocks, two of which will contain 456 student accommodation units with a 1,550 sqft ground floor retail space, with the third block consisting of a stand-alone office building …
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has been awarded a £42 million contract to design and build new student accommodation to provide 726 bedrooms for the University of Birmingham.
The contract to deliver the ‘Chamberlain Halls’ halls of residence involves the demolition and re-building of the existing Eden Tower and the build of a new 20-storey tower, together with three linear ‘finger’ buildings situated along Church Road in Edgbaston.
By fully deploying its range of capabilities, Balfour Beatty will deliver the project in just 100 weeks. The company will utilise BIM (Building Information Management) for the planning of the project, providing value-engineering and long term management solutions …
Student accommodation could be built in Barnsley to encourage Chinese students to live in the town.
Owen Gleadall, president of the Barnsley chamber of commerce, said the accommodation could be used by students studying at Barnsley College, or at universities in Leeds and Sheffield. “We’ve got links with China through education, so they know the capabilities of Barnsley’s education system. Barnsley College is already delivering A level courses in Chengdu (a college in China).
“It is a lot cheaper to live in Barnsley than in Leeds and Sheffield …
M-S Estates have last week completed the sale of a £5 million student accommodation portfolio based in Lenton.
This will be the largest residential property sale by far to be achieved in Nottinghamshire this year.
The 99 bedroom portfolio sale which has taken seven months to complete will see the properties being maintained to the same high standards as before but with a London based managing agent …
Inflexion Private Equity has bought the internet solutions provider CableCom for an undisclosed sum.
EducationInvestor revealed in September that the firm was for sale, and could fetch more than £50 million.
Previously owned by ISIS Equity Partners, CableCom provides networking solutions, primarily in student accommodation, but also for social housing and key worker accommodation. It has seen strong growth in recent years, catering to more than 200,000 students in 2011 – up from 13,000 in 2007 when ISIS invested …
A new development that will provide a 28-storey building for student accommodation has celebrated the completion of its structural construction phase.
The building, which is called UNITE Stratford, features 1,001 bedrooms, is located next to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, marked the milestone with a topping out ceremony.
It was built by the UNITE Group, the UK’s leading operator of purpose built student accommodation, and is due to open for the 2014/15 academic year …
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