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More than 2,700 affordable student accommodation beds will be built on college campuses across the country under a €434m government-backed construction programme.

The final phase of the developer’s £400m First Street residential scheme will be delivered as PBSA rather than co-living due to a “significant increase in demand” for student beds. Downing is to submit a revised application seeking permission from Manchester City Council to deliver a 28-storey tower comprising 555 student beds instead of 322 co-living units.

The discount retailer is seeking permission to deliver 250 student beds on a plot next to TJ Hughes’ Hughes House and Audley House sites, which already have consent for a combined 700 apartments.

Investment agency Harris Associates with developer HUB and funding partner Bridges Fund Management have launched Shore Station – a new 632-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) opportunity in Leith, Edinburgh.

SimpsonHaugh-designed proposals for two residential towers and a data centre inside the perimeter wall of the former East India Dock in east London have been given the go-ahead by a planning inspector.

Assetz Capital has provided a £2.99m funding facility to support the development of a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Bradford.

The approval by Lewisham Council will see 484-room student block built alongside 42 flats, shops and studio space. It was waved through by a Lewisham Council planning committee on October 12 after a three and a half hour meeting, with a councillor expressing concerns over communal space for students and more traffic.

Developers Troika Property Holdings Ltd want to build a 25-storey block of flats and offices at Waverley House in Holdenhurst Road that would tower above Lansdowne.

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Located in the Fulford area to the south east of the city centre, the 80,000 sq ft site will feature a four-storey building comprising of 275 beds and facilities including a gym, games room, co-working and group dining areas.