UK & Ireland

The sale of a former car showroom and workshop site on Monk Street in Derby has cleared the way for a new purpose-built student accommodation scheme. Wilson Architects UK plans to deliver 102 en-suite bedrooms across 16 cluster flats, supporting growing demand linked to the University of Derby and contributing to ongoing regeneration in the city.

Plans have been unveiled for Bristol’s largest co-living development to date, forming part of a renewed push to unlock the long-stalled Bedminster Green regeneration around the former St Catherine’s Place shopping centre.

Lanmara Developments has launched a consultation on a £100m mixed-use plan to transform Lancaster’s Canal Quarter with a hotel, student housing, health centre, food hall and improved public spaces.

McLaren Construction Midlands & North has completed the second phase of iQ Longwood Place near the University of Warwick, delivering a total of 1,209 student rooms across nine new residential blocks.

Bridgepoint is making a major entry into U.S. real estate with its planned $1.39 billion acquisition of Kayne Anderson Real Estate. The deal would add a $22 billion portfolio spanning student housing, senior housing, medical office and light industrial assets.

Atelier has provided a £16 million development finance loan to fund the refurbishment of a 150-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Cambridge. The 20-month loan will finance the conversion of a first-generation student accommodation block into modernised facilities, with completion sche

The second and final phase of the 1,200-bed Longwood Place has reached completion near the University of Warwick.

Glasgow City Council has approved the first phase of a £250 million mixed-use development at Elmbank Gardens, featuring a 25-storey student accommodation building with 620 beds designed by Michael Laird Architects for CXG Glasgow Ltd.

Greystar has acquired a 216-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) property on Church Street in Dublin from Jersey-based investment firm Valeo Groupe Europe for an undisclosed price.

York-based development company S Harrison, has received planning permission for a landmark purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme on Gillespie Crescent in Edinburgh. The development will transform a brownfield site within the Marchmont, Meadows and Bruntsfield Conservation Area into stude