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Revised plans have been submitted for a major student accommodation scheme on an industrial site occupied by a forging and machined parts manufacturer in Coventry. SAMA Investments Ltd has brought forward fresh proposals to redevelop a site at Charterhouse Road.

A new development by real estate company Dominus which will help solve the student housing crisis in Manchester has been given the green light by Manchester City Council’s Planning and Highways Committee.

A land parcel of 104,469 sq ft with a 103-year lease at 116 Lorong J Telok Kurau was sold for $40 million ($382.89 psf) in November 2022, according to a SISV Realink caveat. The property is currently being renovated and converted into a 430-bed "premium student hostel", says Lim of The Assembly Place.

The proposed creation of a student accommodation block within Newcastle's Helix innovation district looks set to progress after being recommended for approval.

A pre-application notice has been submitted to the council detailing plans for the vacant building at 140 Causewayside to be bulldozed and replaced with a block of student flats. Building firm Balfour Beatty has said the site in question is an established student location near the University of Edinburgh and the King's Buildings campus, with a mix of studio and cluster apartments proposed.

The question of whether international education agents should be regulated in Canada is under the spotlight in consultations being undertaken by Global Affairs Canada...

CBRE facilitated the sale of 303 Flats, a 433-bed, 139-unit student housing community near the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The purchaser was Seattle-based Horizon Realty Advisors.

Plans for urban regeneration specialist Vita Group’s new PBSA concept, House of Social have been given the green light by Manchester City Council following a committee meeting on Thursday 1 June.

Maccreanor Lavington has unveiled plans for two residential towers in north west London as part of the £1bn Old Oak Common regeneration scheme.

Sainsbury's has confirmed an Ilford branch will be closing with submitted plans to convert it into flats and student accommodation. The supermarket on Roden Street, in the town centre, is set to be closed following possible development plans to provide 837 homes and 447 student accommodation rooms.