UK & Ireland

ASK4 and Global Student Living (GSL) have solidified their long-term strategic partnership in support of the PBSA sector in the UK and Europe. Over the next three years, both organizations will collaborate on various joint projects to contribute to an enhanced student living experience. 

A new 38-storey skyscraper for student accommodation will replace a city centre hotel in Manchester after receiving final sign off by the council. The Premier Inn at Deansgate Locks will be demolished in order to accommodate 1,014 students as well as a 13-storey office block.

The planned 42-storey student tower, one part of a wider £450m Manchester masterplan, has been reduced by 12 storeys in response to feedback from Ardwick residents.

Co Tyrone developer McAleer & Rushe has been awarded a contract to build a new student accommodation project in Liverpool. The company will redevelop the site of a former Chinese supermarket, next to the city's Chinatown, into 420 purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) units.

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Investec Real Estate has provided Stelling Properties Group with an £11.85 million loan to finance the construction of a modular purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Southampton.

One of the 'most iconic sites' of a Scottish town is to be transformed into student flats.

Following a meeting of Trinity’s Finance Committee on October 26th, College has agreed to a rent freeze on its student accommodation for the 2024/25 academic year.

(Bloomberg) -- Blackstone Inc.’s IQ Student Accommodation business has bought properties in London and Edinburgh as the private equity firm continues to bet on the shortage of purpose-built housing in the UK’s top university cities.

Endsleigh Insurance has inked an agreement with Unite Students, a leading student accommodation provider in the UK, to deliver a 24/7 wellbeing and mental health support program to benefit 70,000 students.