Blackstone’s Nido Spitalfields is the latest student hall development
Towering above Liverpool Street station in London is a striking, newly built skyscraper, clad in blue and 33 storeys high.
But the building, named Nido Spitalfields, is not one of the many new office blocks springing up in the City. Instead, it is the latest development to capitalise on the increasing demand for student accommodation in London. With a gym on its top floor, it will house 1,200 undergraduates from next term. Nido is Spanish for nest.
The company behind the scheme, the American private equity firm Blackstone, has completed two similarly hued towers on the Pentonville Road, near King’s Cross, and is planning a third development in Notting Hill …