Increasingly diverse search criteria raises challenges for student housing design and marketing
A report recently released into the UK student accommodation market highlights the challenges that face both designers and marketers of student accommodation in meeting...
Lincoln’s old police station ‘to be sold soon’
A former Lincoln police station dubbed the Ryvita building is expected to be sold "in the coming months", says the crime commissioner. Constructed in 1973 to a design which resembles the popular rye bread, it closed in 2019 and police relocated to a new station in South Park. Key worker flats, offices and student accommodation had previously been suggested as possible future uses.
Work starts on £33m student development in Glasgow
The new development will provide 169 studio bedrooms with best-in-class facilities to serve the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde, where there is a chronic shortage of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA).
Veteran joins board of student accommodation platform
David Tymms has joined Housemates, which focuses on delivering innovative and tech-driven solutions so students can easily find and book a place to live.
Work starts on 270-bed student block catering for mature students
Building work has officially started on a 271-bed student accommodation block at a former Argos site in Nottingham. Set to open in time for the academic year starting next September, Bromley Place will incorporate an existing three-storey Victorian building at its site in Lower Parliament Street.
Bouygues to build Chichester student accommodation
Uliving, the student accommodation brand of Bouygues company Linkcity UK, expects to deliver a total of 1,032 bedsits across the University of Chichester’s two campuses in Bognor Regis and Chichester.
Student accommodation block plans submitted for ex-Central Library site in South Shields
Plans for a large student accommodation block in South Shields have been submitted to council development chiefs, with the public invited to have their say.
Unite Students commences work on its greenest ever new-build property
Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of student accommodation, has started building one of its greenest ever purpose-built student accommodation properties.
City law building to be demolished to make way for student flats
Plans are being brought forward to demolish former law offices to make way for student accommodation.
LGIM provides landmark £400m facility to Unite
LGIM’s dedicated UK and European Real Estate Debt division has completed a £400m loan for Unite to refinance a public bond for its flagship Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF), which matured in 2023.
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