UK & Ireland

Dominus and Cheyne Capital secured a £250 million loan from Standard Chartered to convert 65 Fleet Street, London, into a 370,000 sq ft student accommodation scheme offering 875 rooms, with 35% at affordable rents regulated by the mayor of London.

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £13.5 million, 18-month facility to refinance and support the repositioning of the 664-bed Kirkstall Brewery campus in Leeds, which includes a 442-bed parcel with planning consent for conversion into 151 private rented sector apartments and 202 retained PBSA beds.

The new UK living platform, led by PBSA pioneer Tim Butler, has appointed Johnny Langton as head of operations; Langton brings over 12 years of real estate experience, including leadership roles at Greystar and interim managing director at Student Roost.

Stormborn Capital Acquisition Three Limited has submitted a six-year planning application to refurbish and extend Phibsborough Tower into a nine-storey, 150-bedroom hotel, alongside a five- to nine-storey purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme with 411 bedspaces at Phibsborough Shopping Centre and adjacent lands in Dublin 7.

Landmark Properties has exchanged contracts to partner with Citrus Group and Galliard Homes to invest in Prince Bishops Place.

The University of Bristol has appointed UPP as preferred bidder to develop a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) at its Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, with Watkin Jones as delivery partner and Cushman & Wakefield advising.

StudentCrowd has secured £7 million in Series A funding led by YFM Equity Partners and Midlands Engine Investment Fund II to accelerate product innovation and expand its student accommodation data platform internationally, targeting continental Europe and adjacent sectors like Build to Rent.

The University of Southampton, in partnership with Aspire Consortium, has submitted plans to replace Connaught Halls with five new blocks of purpose-built student accommodation, adding over 800 bedspaces, alongside refurbishing South Stoneham House and constructing four additional blocks to deliver 276 more beds.

Nottingham City Council approved plans for a five-storey student accommodation building on Ilkeston Road, replacing the former Willbond showroom with housing for 109 students near Nottingham University’s Jubilee Campus.

Legal firm Macfarlanes advised L&G’s Student Living Ltd fund on acquiring Stanley Studios, a purpose-built student accommodation asset in Southampton, for £43 million from Brookfield Asset Management.