UK & Ireland

More than a decade’s worth of Global Student Living Index (GSL Index) data highlights that when it comes to student accommodation, first impressions have...

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) has announced a €75m commitment to Harrison Street for a co-investment strategy that will focus primarily on delivering new student accommodation in regional cities. The programme aims to deliver c.€500m of new accommodation.

A real estate fund manager has struck a deal to acquire a student accommodation development of more than 600 units from Coventry University with a view to refurbishing the site. Set on a 4.8-acre site four-minutes' walk north of the university campus, Singer Hall consists of 621 non-ensuite rooms and six studios. It has been purchased by Frogmore and will be refurbished and managed by specialist student accommodation provider, The Mansion Group.

Developer Regal London is putting forward revised plans to deliver 267 new student flats at the former One Housing HQ site in Chalk Farm Road, adjacent to the Roundhouse. The development is also proposed to provide 24 affordable homes for Camden residents, including family homes.

St Andrews University is pressing ahead with plans to provide an extra 700 student beds in town to help take the pressure off the private rental market. Now, the university has applied for full planning permission for the student development, working alongside Campus Living Villages.

Regal London, the London developer, has submitted plans for a purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Brent on Wembley Greenaway, the land to the rear of 390-406 High Road, Wembley, close to the national football stadium.

A vacant 1970s office building at Blythswood Square, Glasgow, is to be swept aside for the city's latest purpose-built student accommodation block.

Fusion Student has selected the contractor to deliver its 509-bedroom Deansgate scheme. Domis has this week begun groundwork on the 28-storey Manchester student development. Completion of the £56m build is scheduled for summer 2026.

Entry in to the PBSA market stems from the current shortage of student housing across the UK, alongside the existing experience that has been built by the Bank’s development finance team in the sector, leading to a healthy pipeline of PBSA deals.

Varsity Developments has submitted plans for a high-rise student tower on Waterloo Street, having previously mooted proposals for rental apartments and offices at the site.