UK & Ireland

Real estate investor and developer Firethorn Trust has announced that it is expanding its Living team with the appointment of Senior Associate Flora McDougall.

Developer Regal London has unveiled plans for the transformation of Orchard Wharf, a strategically positioned mixed-use development on the North bank of the River Thames.

Proposals have been announced to demolish Clarendon House - partly occupied by Exeter Jobcentre Plus - and replace it with a student block of 350 bedrooms and up to 16 storeys in height.

Queen’s University Belfast, one of the leading Universities in the UK and Ireland as well as a member of the prestigious Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities, is set to invest up to £100 million over the next four years as part of their overall plan to help meet an unprecedented upsurge in demand for international students accommodation in Belfast.

The Student Property and Specialist Investment teams of global property consultancy Knight Frank have jointly brought to market 5 Circus Street – a PBSA scheme in the heart of Brighton.

New plans have been lodged to build more than 300 student bedrooms in Birmingham city centre. Edgbaston-based developer Lavender Group is seeking consent for the eight-storey project on land in the city's Gun Quarter.

Caddick Group has secured planning approval for the final phase of its SOYO development at the heart of Leeds' cultural quarter. Blocks A and D were approved by Leeds City Council's City Plans Panel last week (30 November 2023). Both will provide new student accommodation.

Bank of London and The Middle East has provided £23.1 million towards the development of UK investment manager Urbium Capital's Arcadian purpose-built student accommodation block in central Nottingham.

The “masterplan” for a major redevelopment of the former Cleeves factory site, which will see the grounds transformed for residential and commercial use, has been unveiled.

A report has recommended Exeter City Council should sell the former leisure centre site at Clifton Hill and the Mary Arches multi-storey car park without restrictions on use. Councillors are considering the sales despite a council policy not to sell off land for student accommodation.