UK & Ireland

GRAHAM has been appointed to deliver a new £59 million student accommodation scheme on Loughborough University’s East Midlands campus, following planning approval from Charnwood Borough Council. The project will provide 552 new bedspaces across five accommodation blocks of up to six storeys, set within landscaped surroundings that include a shared plaza and landscaped square.

The development of a premium student accommodation scheme at a new town in Bristol is to be funded by a £119m debt facility.

Balfour Beatty has sold its entire 536-bed Foundry Courtyard student accommodation in Glasgow to an undisclosed buyer, generating net disposal proceeds of £26 million after debt repayment.

The 133-bed development remains on track to add much-needed student accommodation to the city in time for the 2026/27 academic year.

Watkin Jones has announced the acquisition of a further development opportunity in its joint venture with Maslow Capital.

Vita is in 'advanced discussions' to purchase the former Scottish Widows headquarters on Dalkeith Road.

Plans for Lilybank Gardens student accommodation submitted by the University of Glasgow has been approved by Glasgow City Council, subject to conditions.

Watkin Jones and Maslow Capital have jointly acquired a £101.7m PBSA development site in Bristol, near the University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter campus, planning 484 beds across three blocks.

IQ has secured planning approval to demolish the former Blackfriars Crown Court in Southwark and develop a £100m scheme delivering 600 student rooms alongside 71 affordable homes, addressing central London’s housing needs.

Southwark Council’s planning committee unanimously approved AJ100 practice AHMM’s revised 473-bed student accommodation scheme above Southwark Station, developed by Helical and TfL’s Places for London, following the station’s recent Grade II listing by DCMS and Historic England.