UK & Ireland

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.

The new student accommodation scheme will have 252 beds (in studios and cluster units) on the corner of Matilda Street and Eyre Street in the city centre. The building will come with amenities such as student hubs, cycle storage, laundry, gym, private dining, private study room, outdoor terraces and staff facilities.

Plans for student housing at a site previously earmarked for homes have been recommended for approval. The Vita Group plans with CDA architects and Turley are for student accommodation for 267 at New Waverley North in Edinburgh in place of a previously approved proposal for 90 build to rent homes.

McLaren Property got the go ahead from BCP Council for its scheme on Hinton Road, at the former Westover Garage site. Featured in the approved proposals are 161 bedrooms with 170 bedspaces, in the form of 157 studios and 13 adoptable twodios.