Cash secured for student flats – Edinburgh

Ziggurat Student Living has won a £1.9 million equity placing to fund a 59-bedroom project in Cowgate.

The company, launched by Jim Pike and Matt McAdden, plans to develop 24 flats at Wellgate House with senior debt provided by Santander and a group of individuals contributing between £50,000 and £250,000.

Mr McAdden said: “This has been more complicated than securing equity from a single source but confirms the strength of private investor interest in the student sector and at the end of the day we were oversubscribed for this asset.” …

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