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New plans to demolish a former Edinburgh law building for student flats are to be submitted after previous proposals were unsuccessful. In June 2024 the Development Management Sub Committee refused permission for 174 student beds at 140 Causewayside, the former Scottish Law Commission building.

The 18-storey purpose-built student block will rise on India Street, close to the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University, with construction expected to complete by July 2027.

Limassol Municipality will launch an architectural competition in the coming weeks for the design and supervision of the city’s first student housing project.

Osborne Clarke advised European Student Housing Fund II on the sale of the prestigious student accommodation building in Wrocław, known as Basecamp Wrocław, to Xior Student Housing.

Blacklight Capital Partners, which took on the stalled PBSA scheme in 2022 and can now report 100% occupancy, has appointed Savills to find a buyer for the asset, Place North West understands. Blacklight has made its mark in the city by taking on a trio of student living projects that had stalled.

Real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has appointed James Woolley as Head of UK Student Accommodation. Woolley, who has specialised in the PBSA market for the last 14 years, joined Cushman & Wakefield in 2021 as a Partner to lead PBSA Valuations.

Ashbrookes Group has secured planning approval to redevelop Middlesbrough’s Linthorpe Assembly Rooms. Bosses say the 16-apartment scheme marks “a step forward for the town’s student offering”.

GAMUDA Land is scaling new heights in the United Kingdom, expanding its footprint in one of the world’s most competitive property markets. The company’s diversified portfolio now spans residential, commercial and purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA).

JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Level 27, a 756-bed student housing community serving Miami University in Oxford. Built in 2006, the 216-unit property features a mix of three- and four-bedroom floor plans with an average unit size of 1,603 square feet.

RED Construction Group has been appointed by Infrastructure Investments Ltd to deliver a £31m student accommodation redevelopment in Shoreditch, east London. The appointment follows the completion of £1.8m of enabling works by RED’s Special Projects division.