UK & Ireland

Oak Brook Park in Birmingham has been refurbished, with updates to 371 bedrooms, kitchens and en-suite bathrooms. The first phase of the work also includes a new reception area, which will complete by the end of the year.

Real estate credit and special situations investment manager Zenzic Capital has launched a new UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) strategy with a target portfolio GDV of over £500m.

On behalf of Kent County Council, the Residential Development Land team of property consultancy Knight Frank has launched a residential development site in Canterbury to market, that will eventually feature purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA).

Plans to demolish an "unsightly" building in Liverpool's Knowledge Quarter to make way for a 103-unit student accommodation block with a coffee shop have been lodged. Molyneux Developments is behind the scheme, which is earmarked for 4-10 Gildart Street to the east of Liverpool City Centre, in the heart of Islington.

DSDHA is working up a planning application to replace three office buildings next to Camden’s grade II*-listed Roundhouse with a student accommodation scheme.

Developer YTL has secured planning permission for 1,514 beds of student accommodation at its Brabazon scheme. The company is transforming the 380-acre former Filton Airfield into a sustainable new mixed-use neighbourhood for Bristol.

The Student Property team of property consultancy Knight Frank has been instructed by Receivers to sell William Road, a consented PBSA site located in the Euston area of central London.

Developer Longstone (2) Limited has unveiled plans to conserve and redevelop the existing building into new student homes.

The third core of the 551-bed student accommodation complex at 225 Bath Street, Glasgow, has been completed by GRAHAM and its frame partner, Hampsey Ltd, in less than eight weeks.

Host have approval for our second PBSA development in Bristol. This latest scheme will deliver 204 student bedrooms, with a mix of cluster and studio flats plus internal and external social spaces, across four linked buildings on Freestone Road, Bristol.