UK & Ireland

Developer MRP, contractor McAleer & Rushe, and funder Puma Property Finance have topped out Broadway Studios, a 432-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Glasgow city centre, on track for completion in summer 2026.

Duncan Cooper, chief financial officer at Travis Perkins, has been announced to join Unite Group as a non-executive director, as the latter experienced a 78 per cent tumble in profit in its latest financial results.

Glenhawk provided an £11.7 million, two-year loan to refinance a purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Aberdeen, enabling the borrower to implement a business plan focused on appointing a new managing agent and increasing occupancy and rental income.

HB Reavis has secured planning consent to convert 10 Leake Street, an outdated office building near London’s Waterloo station, into a 233-room purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme, designed by PLP Architecture.

Summix OCS Developments Ltd has submitted plans to Southwark Council to build 465 student flats across two blocks on Ossory Road and 26 social rented family homes on Verney Road, with planning permission expected on March 3.

Telford Living, the UK residential development arm of Trammell Crow Company, has submitted a planning application for a 520-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Bethnal Green, East London, on a 0.9-acre brownfield site near Bethnal Green Underground station and Queen Mary University campuses.

A £59 million purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme proposed for 38 Cadogan Street in Glasgow city centre is progressing towards planning approval, signalling a significant new addition to the city’s student housing pipeline.

Colliers has appointed Edmund Hendry as director in its living capital markets team, strengthening its leadership in the PBSA sector.

Unite Students is selling its 571-bed St Pancras Way London asset to USAF for £186 million, slightly below book value, securing at least £115 million in cash and modestly increasing its stake in the fund.

Trammell Crow Company’s UK residential division, Telford Living, has submitted a planning application to Tower Hamlets for a 520-unit PBSA scheme on the former LEB Building site near Cambridge Heath Road, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris.