UK & Ireland

Sue Churchill, Director of Nottingham-based architecture firm Church Lukas discusses the challenges facing the PBSA sector when it comes to sustainable buildings. GSL News: You...

Developer Watkin Jones is considering an area of brownfield land, near Bristol Temple Meads station, for a 374-bed PBSA scheme. The approx 0.3087 ha brownfield site is a former ATS tyre centre and is within a short walk of the new £300m University of Bristol Temple Quarter enterprise campus.

A planning application seeking permission to develop more than 200 student bedspaces near UCC has been green-lit by An Bord Pleanála. The decision comes more than two years after the application was lodged as the planning board works to clear a backlog of cases.

A Beer Factory in Bristol could be turned into a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme, to include accommodation for 103 students alongside shops and workspace. The company has outgrown the premises and is moving its brewing operations and its tap room to another site.

The outline proposal for ‘Edgbaston Street Gardens’ seeks flexible approval for either: a fully residential development with up to 745 units, a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) with up to 1,544 beds, or a hybrid of the two, not exceeding 1,544 units in total.

Aldermore Bank has provided a £13.1m loan for the development of a new-build purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Dundee. This development was a joint venture between Gylemuir Capital and Housing Growth Partnership (HGP).

Aviva Investors has acquired a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) property in Glasgow for £23m. Completed in January and fully-let for the 2024/2025 academic year, 31 Gilbert Street is a 99-bed, all-studio development which offers rooms varying from 17 sq m to 29 sq m in size.

A 1.5-acre site in central Edinburgh described as a “rare development opportunity” has hit the market. Property experts believe that the site, which is located on the north-east side of McDonald Road just off the capital’s Leith Walk, could be transformed into student accommodation or new private housing.

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Global real estate advisor, CBRE, has appointed Mason Gillard-Ellis as a Senior Director in its UK & European Living team, specialising in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio Capital Markets.