UK & Ireland

Cambridge City Council approved St John’s College’s plan to replace the 147-room Wolfson Court with a new 408-room accommodation complex on Clarkson Road, tripling capacity and primarily housing Lucy Cavendish students alongside staff and visitors.

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Lendlease and The Crown Estate’s Impact Partnership has submitted plans to Newham Council for Stratford Cross, a major residential-led development including affordable and market homes, student accommodation, co-living, a new park, shops, and public paths connecting to Stratford station.

Iconinc, owned by The Parklane Group, has launched its first student accommodation in Scotland, The Bonnie, serving University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde students, expanding its presence beyond Leeds, Liverpool, and Lincoln.

Placefirst has appointed Jez Tidman, formerly head of site operations at iQ Student Accommodation, as operations director to lead its portfolio of over 2,300 single-family rental homes.

Coventry City Council approved a new student accommodation block with up to 400 bedrooms near the University of Warwick campus, despite a petition citing concerns over an oversupply of student housing in the city.

ASK4 secured £170 million in refinancing from a syndicate of leading lenders, replacing existing debt on improved terms and providing new capital expenditure funding to support expansion across the UK and Europe.

St John’s College received planning approval to demolish the existing 147-room Wolfson Court and replace it with a new 408-room student accommodation building, intended for use by multiple University of Cambridge colleges and the Sir Isaac Newton Institute, expanding its capacity significantly.

Argon and Sona Estates have submitted a planning application to demolish the existing eight-storey office building and linked 1970s raised walkways at Higham Place, Newcastle, to develop a 507-bed PBSA scheme comprising three interconnected buildings up to 21 storeys tall.

MCR Property Group has acquired a 1,163-bed student accommodation portfolio from Unite, expanding its footprint in Sheffield’s PBSA market.