UK & Ireland

Plans for 388 new student flats on the one-way system into Lancaster will go before the city council's planning committee on Monday, November 7.

At 13 storeys high and with a central location that puts the development within easy reach of Glasgow’s main universities, the True Glasgow student accommodation scheme has been constructed by main contractor Ogilvie.

Property developer Summix Capital has revealed plans to build family homes, student accommodation and offices on a long-derelict site near Glasgow city centre. The site at 2 Central Quay currently includes 80,000 sq ft of offices and has a neighbouring 4.43-acre site to the east.

Graham Construction will deliver the Clydesdale & Birks project, which ranks as the largest Passivhaus scheme in student accommodation sector. The firm will build over 1,700 new student rooms and refurbish 300 existing bedrooms at Birks Grange.

The ongoing shortage of supply in the student accommodation market is expected to generate strong interest in the sale of a fully-let investment in the heart of Galway city.

AVISON Young is marketing an Edinburgh site that has been tipped to help address a ‘chronic shortage’ of student accommodation in Scotland’s capital.

Sodexo has extended its award-winning partnership with Northumbria University for a further two years. The facilities management contract extension means Sodexo will continue to manage the Trinity Square and City Campus student accommodation.

The major redevelopment, which has been backed by city planners, will mean that the former cattle sheds behind the Corn Exchange torn down and replaced with a mix of flats, affordable homes and purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) if the proposals are approved by councillors next week.

Aldermore has provided loans totalling £20.9m to Study Inn Group for a 400 room, two phase student accommodation development, in the heart of Leeds city centre.

Developer Southern Grove has secured permission to create a £75million mixed-use student accommodation scheme that will complete the transformation of Hackney Wick into one of the fastest growing educational and cultural centres in London.