Plans to turn an old Aberdeen school into housing for around 400 students have been given the go ahead.
The Unite Group has been granted conditional planning permission to turn the 19th century Causewayend School into student flats with 399 bed spaces.
And last night a city councillor said the £20million plans on the C-listed school site would help bring an end to student accommodation issues in the city …
A tower block of student housing – which will dwarf the Civic Centre – has been given the go-ahead and building will start next summer.
At 78 metres and 22 storeys high, the redevelopment of Beckley Court will make it the tallest building in the city. By comparison, the Civic Centre is 14 storeys and 53 metres high.
It was waved through by council chiefs after they received just one letter in opposition to the ambitious project.
A spokesman for The Student Housing Company, who will operate the block, said: “We are pleased to announce that Knightsbridge Student Housing has received planning consent for the redevelopment of Beckley Court in Plymouth, to provide a brand new twenty-two storey building containing 507 high-quality homes for students at Plymouth University …
Empiric Student Property PLC Thursday said it has agreed to acquire a 199-year lease on a direct-let, premium student accommodation property in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, for GBP9.4 million
The student accommodation property, known as Curzon Point, is an operating, purpose-built student accommodation property on The Common in Hatfield, according to the internally managed real estate investment trust.
It is fully let for the 2014/15 academic year and is managed by Corporate Residential Management Ltd …
Verde, a major new student accommodation complex in the centre of Newcastle, by Ian Simpson Architects, has started on site. Located on the Science Central site in the city centre, the new £21m complex will house 543 student residential bedrooms. Work on the site is expected to last for just under two years with the first students expected to move in September 2016.
The project has been developed by Downing, one of the North West’s leading property groups.
Verde will consist of two buildings located on Pitt Street. The building on the junction of Pitt Street and Wellington Street is V shaped, creating a façade that runs parallel with both Pitt Street and Wellington Street. It rises to a point defining the corner and creating a recognisable symbol for the complex, marking the main entrance …
Blythswood House is being transformed into student accommodation for the Glasgow School of Art.
The conversion will create 218 study bedrooms, all with en-suite bathrooms. There will also be common rooms and flats containing up to eight bedrooms.
The developer is Cityheart Ltd, of Chester, which has appointed County Down-based Graham Construction as the main contractor …
THE world’s largest asset management and investment firm has paid £9.4million for a block of student flats in Plymouth – and the option to build more.
The student accommodation package acquired by BlackRock includes Frobisher House, a 134-student-bed scheme leased to the University of Plymouth.
The six-storey development, in Ebrington Street, was designed by Plymouth’s AWW architects and completed last year, with Herald Business reporting it cost £4million to build …
New Lincoln student accommodation on the corner of Nettleham Road and Longdales Road has been approved, after deciding councillors reached a 50-50 split.
Three members voted for and another three voted against the plans …
Stonewell Property Company has submitted plans for a 319-room student accommodation block at a brownfield site in Preston city centre.
The proposals for the plot at the corner of Corporation Street and Marsh Lane are for a four and seven-storey building comprising 64 cluster flats, with a 4,000 sq ft ground floor retail unit with access from Friargate.
Designed by David Cox Architects, the building would be constructed around a central courtyard visible from Corporation Street …
Music-loving students coming to Newcastle could soon get a chance to live in accommodation with a notable pop history.
Plans have been submitted to convert Grade II listed Barclays House on Grey Street into a hall of residence.
The building was formerly the Royal Turks Head Hotel where, it is claimed, Paul McCartney and John Lennon were inspired to write She Loves You after a Beatles concert at the Majestic Ballroom in Newcastle as part of their tour with Roy Orbison and Gerry & The Pacemakers …
Empiric Student Property PLC Thursday said it raised GBP65.65 million in its recent placing and subscription offer, funds it said it will use for further investments, as it announced it has acquired a student accommodation development in Huddersfield.
The real estate investment trust said it issued a total of 65 million shares at 101 pence per share.
Empiric Student Property shares were trading at 102.18 pence Thursday morning, up 0.7% …
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