Huddersfield eyesore to become student flats with cinema, gym and rooftop garden
Crown House at Southgate has stood vacant for years. The 11-storey office block dating back to the 1970s was once used by the Department for Work and Pensions and later became Huddersfield’s Jobcentre.
Student accommodation block with 160 bedrooms back before planners
Ipswich Borough Council’s planning and development committee will soon review the application for a five-storey building with 26 flats located between Tye Road and Duke Street. The previous applications made by Norwich-based developers Jaevee for a taller block were refused.
Smart Studios PBSA gets rebranded into the Nido platform
The integration of Smart Studios – which the Nido Student platform has rebranded – marks the next phase of Round Hill Capital’s strategy for the PBSA scheme, following its acquisition of the business last year.
Sellar switches London flats/hotel plan for 444 student rooms
It now plans to develop a 444-room student accommodation scheme at the Harper Road and Borough High Street. It is the second developer in a week to switch plans for private flats over to student rooms in the Capital.
Singapore’s QIP launches $246m UK student housing platform with Soilbuild
Singapore-based private equity real estate firm Q Investment Partners (QIP) announced that it has partnered with property group Soilbuild to launch a £200 million ($246 million) student housing platform in the UK.
UCD to rent hundreds of beds from private landlords for student accommodation
University College Dublin (UCD) is to begin talks with landlords to rent accommodation for students who will be unable to get places in university-owned accommodation from next September.
Student accommodation block proposed for former nightclub
Plans have come forward for the development of a block of student accommodation on the site of a former Leeds nightclub. Breslin Properties Ltd is set to present pre-application proposals for a site on York Street to Leeds City Council's City Plans Panel later today (23 March 2023).
Regal London acquires Devonshire Place site for PBSA
Regal London acquires Devonshire Place, a 0.7-hectare site to deliver a new purpose-built student accommodation scheme. The site is located at 747-759 Old Kent Road and 765-775 Old Kent Road – opposite the proposed new Bakerloo Line station on Old Kent Road in the London Borough of Southwark.
Investec provides GSA with £85m loan to refinance and refurbish UK assets
The properties provide a total of 1,460 beds to students in London, Lincoln, Newcastle, Nottingham, and Sheffield, and are managed by GSA’s operating partner, Yugo.
Maslow Capital provides £114m loan for Central London PBSA
Provider of real estate development finance – Maslow Capital – provides a £114m development facility to Union Property Development to support the delivery of their purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Central London.
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