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Sheppard Robson secured reserved matters consent for a 3,300-bed student accommodation project in Manchester, designed for Viridis Living.

Puma Property Finance has provided £58 million development finance to MRP for its 432-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project in Glasgow city centre. 

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed the Milan Olympic Village, completed ahead of schedule under Italy’s first ‘partnering’. It will host 1,300 athletes during the Winter Games before converting into Italy’s largest publicly supported student housing community with 1,700 beds.

Landmark Properties and Liberty Mutual Investments (LMI) have finalized joint ventures for the acquisition and development of two new student housing projects. The ventures will deliver 1,255 off-campus student housing beds between The Mark State College, serving Penn State, and The Mark Mansfield, serving the University of Connecticut.

Watkin Jones has sold its new purpose-built student accommodation scheme, The Ard, in Glasgow. The 784-bed scheme will be managed through Fresh, with a target completion date for the 2028/29 academic year.

Firethorn has appointed HG Construction to deliver a 204-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Hackney Wick, with 35% of the units designated as affordable housing and completion targeted for the 2027/28 academic year.

LDS Devco has appointed Fresh to mobilise, market, and manage the Biscuit Factory PBSA scheme in Belfast city centre, set to open for the 2026/2027 academic year with 724 beds across studios and ensuite flats.

Construction firm Sisk has been appointed main contractor to deliver 493 new student accommodation beds at University College Dublin’s Belfield campus, supported by €67 million in state funding confirmed by Ireland’s Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless.

Landmark Properties and Manulife Investment Management have opened The Mark Tallahassee, a 860-bed student housing community in Tallahassee, Florida.

Housing Hand operates as the UK's largest professional guarantor service, supporting students and working professionals in securing and maintaining rental accommodation. GSL News sat down...