UK & Ireland

Global Student Living (GSL) and Wookify have today announced a technology partnership to deliver new services, enhance data security, and improve the interoperability of the systems underpinning the success of the Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) industry.

Recycling firm Dalton Metal Recycling is seeking to redevelop its site at 52-66 Salamander Street with purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and build-to-rent accommodation as well as retail/commercial space and associated works.

A Liverpool company that provides accommodation for 8,000 students in ten university cities across the UK has bought a city centre car park in Bristol. Although Downing are keeping tight-lipped about their plans for the Nelson Street car park, their sister business Downing Students promises “inspirational, purpose-built student accommodation… creating a world-class experience”.

The student accommodation owner, developer, and operator, Study Inn, celebrated another milestone in its journey to 10,000 PBSA rooms at the topping out ceremony of its latest Leeds development.

Construction has begun on a £160m purpose-built student accommodation, set to be the largest private accommodation scheme servicing the University of Warwick.

Two Edinburgh buildings are to be partly demolished for a new 'major development' of student flats and offices in Sighthill. The new accommodation is only a ten-minute walk from Edinburgh Napier University's Sighthill campus and would likely serve other campuses on the outskirts of the city.

Moorfield Group’s fifth value-add UK real estate fund is funding a £42m (€38.6m) student accommodation scheme in Lincoln.

Alex Pease stepped up the become Watkin Jones chief executive on an interim basis in July when predecessor Richard Simpson departed suddenly amid trading difficulties.

More student flats are coming to Exeter, with developers paying £100,000 towards local health services. Homes for 350 university students will be built on the site of a factory that was destroyed by fire.

Tribe Student Housing won council approval to build student halls between three to six storeys tall despite light concerns from neighbours, reports Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter Plans for a new student halls building have been approved on the site of the St James Health Centre in Walthamstow