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Colliers has appointed Edmund Hendry as director in its living capital markets team, strengthening its leadership in the PBSA sector.

Unite Students is selling its 571-bed St Pancras Way London asset to USAF for £186 million, slightly below book value, securing at least £115 million in cash and modestly increasing its stake in the fund.

Trammell Crow Company’s UK residential division, Telford Living, has submitted a planning application to Tower Hamlets for a 520-unit PBSA scheme on the former LEB Building site near Cambridge Heath Road, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.

Provident Resources Group, led by CEO Christopher Hicks, acquired a 1.3-acre student housing site near Florida International University in Sweetwater for $22.5 million, resolving prior litigation between Workforce Housing Partners and Nef.

Late January/February has brought a triple dose of crucial data for those tracking international student flows into the UK. HESA released headline enrolment figures...

Kelvin Properties is developing a 134-studio PBSA scheme on Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow, with completion scheduled for June 2027 to serve the 2027/28 academic year. The project was repositioned from residential use following market analysis amid a citywide shortfall of over 6,000 student beds and rising demand for managed accommodation in central and West End locations.

MCR Property Group has launched Flow Student, a dedicated platform managing 6,000 UK student beds with a £360m GDV, targeting growth to 15,000 beds valued over £1 billion by year-end through acquisitions, refurbishments, and operational expansion across key university cities.

Maslow Capital has secured £116.6 million in development finance for a 609-bed student accommodation project in Wembley, marking its second deal with developer YourTRIBE and bringing its total funding for three London schemes to £230.6 million across 1,247 units.

Atelier provided a £26.2 million development loan to refinance a 196-studio PBSA project near the University of Warwick, supporting construction, completion, and a timely build programme.

Watkin Jones has secured Gateway 2 approval for a 201-bed PBSA development on Freestone Road in Bristol’s Temple Quarter, advancing the project with necessary approvals, funding, and contracts in place to proceed.