UK & Ireland

Real estate investment manager Barings has agreed the forward funding of a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset in Manchester with developer McLaren Property for £65 mln (€76 mln).

Once delivered, the new site will be the third Vita Student residence in Edinburgh with other sites located on Fountainbridge and Iona Street. Offering best-in-class student accommodation once finished, Vita Student’s New Waverley site will offer 207 high-quality studio apartments along with 60 cluster rooms.

Student feedback gathered from the latest wave of the Global Student Living Index (2023 Q4) in the UK & Ireland and in Europe, has...

Student Roost, one of the UK’s largest purpose-built student accommodation providers, and McLaren Property, market leaders in residential and student property development, have agreed a forward funding deal of c£180 million for three new student accommodation schemes.

Property development company Telford Homes has received unanimous revised resolution to grant planning consent for the 4.82-acre Sainsbury’s site in Ilford.

Developer McLaren Property and specialist science and technology developer Kadans Science Partner have been granted a resolution to approve full planning permission from Manchester City Council for the Upper Brook Street development in Ardwick, Manchester.

Property development company S Harrison has agreed a forward funding deal with Singapore-headquartered Q Investment Partners (QIP) to deliver two major new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) schemes in Edinburgh.

Specialist development finance lender Atelier announces the completion of a £26.2m gross loan to Torsion Group for the development of a new PBSA scheme.

The joint venture has secured planning permission for a purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Leicestershire. The nearly two-acre site brownfield site, adjacent to the Grand Union Canal Basin, will be transformed into a high-quality nine storey building, containing 541 student bedrooms. The scheme aims to create sustainable, community-orientated accommodation that enhances the PBSA offering in Loughborough.

The three Ministers outlined the detail of the policy, which is a key deliverable under Housing for All, as they viewed plans for 521 beds in Dublin City University and Maynooth University with both to going to construction in the coming months.