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C.W. Driver Companies has begun construction on a 198-bed student housing complex at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Once completed for opening in Fall 2025, the $55.7-million project will add two four-story buildings, which will include housing, engagement spaces, student lounges, and space for large-scale programming, to the 365-acre campus.

San José State University and Throckmorton Partners have announced a landmark partnership to significantly expand the university’s undergraduate housing inventory. SJSU is embarking on the Bay Area’s largest post-pandemic conversion of a downtown commercial property to student residential housing.

Harrison Street's Canada Alternative Real Estate Fund has acquired two student housing properties in Kingston which cater to Queen’s University students. The properties — 168 Division St. and 14 Garrett St. — were completed in 2022 and total 53 units and 145 beds. All the units are occupied.

The student accommodation owner, developer, and operator, Study Inn, celebrated another milestone in its journey to 10,000 PBSA rooms at the topping out ceremony of its latest Leeds development.

Construction has begun on a £160m purpose-built student accommodation, set to be the largest private accommodation scheme servicing the University of Warwick.

The Florida Board of Governors has given the green light to Florida A&M University‘s (FAMU) proposal to construct a state-of-the-art on-campus residence with 700 beds.

It has taken three years but developer Fridcorp is finally making progress on its project in the heart of Clayton near Melbourne’s Monash University.

Two Edinburgh buildings are to be partly demolished for a new 'major development' of student flats and offices in Sighthill. The new accommodation is only a ten-minute walk from Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill campus and would likely serve other campuses on the outskirts of the city.

Moorfield Group’s fifth value-add UK real estate fund is funding a £42m (€38.6m) student accommodation scheme in Lincoln.

Alex Pease stepped up the become Watkin Jones chief executive on an interim basis in July when predecessor Richard Simpson departed suddenly amid trading difficulties.