Regions

University halls that were home to tens of thousands of Newcastle students are being torn down. Demolition work is now under way at Newcastle University’s Castle Leazes accommodation blocks, in Spital Tongues.

A joint venture between Alden Street Capital and Invesco Real Estate has sold Bixby Kennesaw, a 179-unit, 656-bed community serving the Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga.

Shawmut Design and Construction in Boston has topped off a sustainable mixed-use building in Allston, providing 276 modern student housing units for Harvard University with a focus on sustainability. The project also includes public spaces and amenities, with plans for Living Building Challenge Certification.

A major revamp is finally in the works for the desolate retail strip in the City of Perth’s heart that will bring a “lifestyle” hotel, shopping plaza and student accommodation.

HiiLIFE has recently completed a £50,000 installation at Arcadian, Urbium Capital’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Nottingham. HiiLIFE’s project was signed off, delivered and completed within one month.

Plans have been submitted to knock down a vacant office building in Hammersmith and Fulham and replace it with a new 14-storey student accommodation block.

OXWED, the joint venture between Nuffield College and Oxford City Council, has put forward a planning application for the regeneration of the Oxpens site.

A new student living facility broke ground by UW-Madison's campus. Theory Madison is set to be 12-story, 213 units with 717 beds at the Lake and State streets intersection.

Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L Infrastructure) and Bestinver Infra (Bestinver) have announced their acquisition of a majority interest in the Northside student housing project (Northside or the Project).

Vita Group has secured a £68.7m green loan from LaSalle Investment Management to finance the delivery of Vita Student Gough Street – a new 540-bedroom PBSA scheme in central Birmingham.