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ESAF, the evergreen Student Housing Core+ fund backed by Stoneshield Capital and funded by UBS Assett Management's institutional investors, has acquired two new student residences in Porto for €50m. The PBSA assets feature premium rooms and common spaces, in line with the demands of the current generation of students, and are Leed ESG certified gold and silver, the firm said.

A total of 489 additional student resident suites are being proposed as the next stage of development on the former Holiday Inn site on Scottsdale Drive. The location already has an existing privately-run student housing building that contains 164 suites.

TSB Realty, LLC successfully completed the sale of The Academy on Charles, a 106-unit, 328-bed student housing property located immediately adjacent to Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore, Maryland. GMH Communities sold the property to an undisclosed buyer.

Proposals have been announced to demolish Clarendon House - partly occupied by Exeter Jobcentre Plus - and replace it with a student block of 350 bedrooms and up to 16 storeys in height.

Queen’s University Belfast, one of the leading Universities in the UK and Ireland as well as a member of the prestigious Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities, is set to invest up to £100 million over the next four years as part of their overall plan to help meet an unprecedented upsurge in demand for international students accommodation in Belfast.

The Student Property and Specialist Investment teams of global property consultancy Knight Frank have jointly brought to market 5 Circus Street – a PBSA scheme in the heart of Brighton.

New plans have been lodged to build more than 300 student bedrooms in Birmingham city centre. Edgbaston-based developer Lavender Group is seeking consent for the eight-storey project on land in the city's Gun Quarter.

The Minister Delegate in charge of Housing, Patrice Vergriete, announced on Friday 1st December 2023, a major student housing plan with 35,000 constructions in the next three years, including 8,000 next year.

Caddick Group has secured planning approval for the final phase of its SOYO development at the heart of Leeds' cultural quarter. Blocks A and D were approved by Leeds City Council's City Plans Panel last week (30 November 2023). Both will provide new student accommodation.

The Property Council of Australia’s Student Accommodation Council has cautioned against “short-term thought-bubbles” such as a levy on international students being proposed by a...