UK & Ireland

Unite Students, the UK’s leading owner, manager and developer of student accommodation, has announced that it has entered an option agreement to acquire a new 800-bed development scheme in central Glasgow, subject to planning.

Bricks Group and Tristan Capital Partners’ CCP 5 Fund have acquired a 457-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) asset in Salford for £68m.

A live music venue in Southampton could be demolished if plans are approved to build a 13-storey building with accommodation for 139 students. Planning permission for the proposed development of Firehouse and 10-12 Pound Tree Road was initially secured way back in 2019.

Software group Kainos has announced its new Belfast headquarters will now be an 85,000 sq ft development. The software firm announced a deal last year to sell part of the development site to Queen’s University for student accommodation. The purpose-built, managed student accommodation will include 475 units.

Investor, developer, and regeneration specialists First Urban has recently received approval for its plans to redevelop a former Jewson warehouse site into a 345-bed PBSA scheme in Guildford. The development will aid in the brownfield regeneration of the 1.5 acre under-utilised warehouse site.

Plans have been submitted for a £100 million development combining family homes and student accommodation to deliver a 'truly mixed community' in Edinburgh.

Developer Dominus has hired Savills and Gerald Eve to find a forward funding partner for the Medlock Tower scheme in Manchester city centre. The building, which was approved by Manchester City Council in June, will provide 1,014 beds and be built on a site currently occupied by a Premier Inn.

Plans to redevelop a derelict spot in the heart of Bretonside into student flats have been unveiled. The scheme, among the latest to be submitted to Plymouth City Council planners, would see up to 114 flats built on the corner plot at the intersection of Bilbury Street and Bretonside.

Future Generation, a joint venture between Southern Grove and Tadhammon Capital has put its entire five-property purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio on the market.

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...