Imperial to build 700 student flats after £30m buy
Essential Living has sold half its Perfume Factory scheme at Old Oak Common to Imperial College London for £30m.
Imperial bought half the west London scheme, for which planning consent was secured last year for 550 build-to-rent units.
The college plans to develop about 700 student accommodation units at the west London site, where Essential Living will continue to build 450 units, including affordable housing. Both organisations will submit new planning applications …