I first came to Liverpool as a callow 18-year-old student.
My mum dropped me off at my top-floor digs and years later she told me how terrified it made her – not just for the usual youngest-child-moving-out reasons, but also because her adult eyes had noticed the complete lack of fire escapes. And that the fire doors were all propped open. With fire extinguishers …
Gone are the sofas on the lawn, cans scattered across the front room and cheesy posters many adults will remember from their student days.
For a purpose built apartment block complete with sauna, fitness club, private cinema and glass-walled rooftop bar is being launched in Durham – but students will need to stump up more than £1,000 a month to live in luxury.
The newly launched Ernest Place is set to be the most luxurious student accommodation in the city, according to management company Collegiate, but prices start at £530 a month going up to £1,020 a month …
A student leader today hit back at claims that they have “destroyed” an Aberdeen community.
A row broke out after the chairman of the Old Aberdeen Community Council backed the proposed introduction of caps on the percentage of Houses in Multiple Occupancy (HMO) around the university.
Aberdeen University Students’ Association is opposing the move, claiming students are drifting away from halls of residence in favour or cheaper and more personal HMOs …
Stereotyping students in Glasgow could lead to the city’s economy losing millions of pounds, a councillor has warned.
With students contributing more than £520million to the city’s economy every year Councillor George Redmond fears that brandishing a negative view on students could repel them from choosing to study at the city’s universities.
The councillor raised his concerns after reading through objections which were lodged against the construction of student accommodation on Dunblane Street …
London land prices are still too high to address the crisis in student accommodation, the boss of property developer Unite has warned.
Chief executive Richard Smith said values dipped ahead of the EU referendum in central London, “but since then we have not seen it spread to Zones 2 and 3, where we want to invest”.
Prices are still around 10% above what the firm wants to pay …
Unite Students has exchanged contracts for the disposal of 13 properties, comprising 4175 beds to a Brookfield-managed fund for £295m, with its share being £102m.
The deal was expected to complete in Q2 2017.
“The disposal is part of Unite’s strategy to provide the capital to fund further growth in its high-quality development pipeline which is focused on mid to high ranked University locations with the most secure long-term growth prospects,” it said …
Plans have been revealed to demolish the former police station in Copperas Hill – just days after it was revealed that Liverpool John Moores University wanted to pull down the street’s famous sorting office.
Study Inn Ltd wants to pull down the empty police building and replace it with a six-storey student accommodation development.
The police station was decommissioned two years ago after being deemed “surplus to requirements” by Merseyside Police …
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 …
“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
