Sellar switches London flats/hotel plan for 444 student rooms
It now plans to develop a 444-room student accommodation scheme at the Harper Road and Borough High Street. It is the second developer in a week to switch plans for private flats over to student rooms in the Capital.
Students branded ‘national security risk’ scrap plans to study in Australia
Hundreds of PhD students from countries including Iran, China and Pakistan are turning to alternative study-abroad destinations after lengthy delays have seen some students...
Nsfas adds 3 000 beds to ease student housing crisis
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) says it is engaging private accommodation service providers across the country, and has added an additional 3 000 beds this month.
Singapore’s QIP launches $246m UK student housing platform with Soilbuild
Singapore-based private equity real estate firm Q Investment Partners (QIP) announced that it has partnered with property group Soilbuild to launch a £200 million ($246 million) student housing platform in the UK.
UCD to rent hundreds of beds from private landlords for student accommodation
University College Dublin (UCD) is to begin talks with landlords to rent accommodation for students who will be unable to get places in university-owned accommodation from next September.
Student accommodation block proposed for former nightclub
Plans have come forward for the development of a block of student accommodation on the site of a former Leeds nightclub. Breslin Properties Ltd is set to present pre-application proposals for a site on York Street to Leeds City Council's City Plans Panel later today (23 March 2023).
Regal London acquires Devonshire Place site for PBSA
Regal London acquires Devonshire Place, a 0.7-hectare site to deliver a new purpose-built student accommodation scheme. The site is located at 747-759 Old Kent Road and 765-775 Old Kent Road – opposite the proposed new Bakerloo Line station on Old Kent Road in the London Borough of Southwark.
Another apartment building planned near IU campus in Bloomington
A Chicago-based developer plans to build a 7-story, 181-unit apartment building at 2038 N. Walnut St., about a half mile northwest of Indiana University Memorial Stadium.
UC San Diego to spend $1.1 billion to build huge student center and campus...
Continuing a decade-long boom, the University of California Board of Regents has given its San Diego campus permission to build a huge student center and a 2,400-bed housing complex that will jointly cost $1.1 billion.
Investec provides GSA with £85m loan to refinance and refurbish UK assets
The properties provide a total of 1,460 beds to students in London, Lincoln, Newcastle, Nottingham, and Sheffield, and are managed by GSA’s operating partner, Yugo.