UK & Ireland

The student accommodation developer Downing has been granted planning permission to build a 555-bedroom block, in Falmer, near Brighton.

Knight Frank has launched West Way Square to market. Located in Oxford, West Way Square is a fully operational purpose built student accommodation scheme. Knight Frank is seeking offers in excess of £56m for the freehold asset, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.75 per cent.

A Co Derry developer has dropped plans to build an apartment tower on the site of a vacant Belfast office building, and will instead pursue a £55 million student accommodation scheme on the same site.

Plans for a 555-bedroom student accommodation development on a site near Brighton's Amex Stadium have been backed. Situated on the site of the former Bennett's field car park, Downing is set to bring forward a scheme designed for the benefit of the surrounding student population.

Listed infrastructure asset investment firm HICL Infrastructure has agreed a deal to sell its stake in the University of Sheffield Accommodation Project for about £18m.

ASK4 and Global Student Living (GSL) have solidified their long-term strategic partnership in support of the PBSA sector in the UK and Europe. Over...

Approval lined up for major student scheme in Leicester (image credit: Pixabay)A student accommodation development featuring hundreds of bed spaces and proposed for an industrial site in Leicester has been recommended for approval ahead of a planning committee meeting next week.

NATIONAL charity Sight Scotland and property developer S Harrison Developments have jointly submitted a planning application to redevelop the site of the charity’s former headquarters on Gillespie Crescent in Edinburgh.

Housr, the proptech start-up described as the Tinder for student housing, has matched with a new PR agency. The Manchester-based student living company, will be working with PR Agency One to raise its profile on both sides of the Atlantic.

Speaking on Thursday after the acquisition was approved, Mr Harris said: 'This is a major moment for the development of the South East Technological University' We know this is an iconic site, which has been derelict for almost 15 years. Today, it becomes part of the SETU footprint in Co. Waterford.