UK & Ireland

Aviva Investors has added a £23m (€27.6m) student accommodation property in Glasgow to its UK living-sector portfolio. The global asset management arm of insurer Aviva said it has acquired the 99-bed 31 Gilbert Street asset completed in January 2024 and fully-let for the 2024/2025 academic year.

Hospitality company Whitbread has announced that its new development in Norwich city centre will provide a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) element if plans are given the go-ahead. The plans are set to deliver two large blocks that will comprise 491 PBSA rooms.

Developer Sama Investment Group has acquired two purpose-built student accommodation schemes in Yorkshire and the West Midlands.

Watkin Jones, the UK’s leading developer and manager of residential for rent, is pleased to announce that the Group recently practically completed on a 335-bed purpose-built student accommodation (‘PBSA’) scheme called The Brook, situated in Lower Bristol Road in Bath.

Art-Invest Real Estate is overhauling one of its planned buildings at Dockside Canada Water, SE16, switching from an office-led proposal to PBSA. The new strategy will include 730 PBSA beds and 75 affordable homes.

Plans have been formally submitted for a new 307-unit student accommodation development close to the Ulster University’s Magee campus in Derry. The property and investment arm of Co Tyrone fuel group LCC is behind the Chandler Court project on Strand Road.

Developer Cassidy Group Ltd has brought the 0.41 acre / 18,049 sq ft Chainey Place freehold development site to market, which benefits from dual planning permission to deliver a new PBSA scheme – or Build to Rent scheme – in Nottingham.

Cole Waterhouse has launched a public consultation on its plans for Trafford Wharf in Greater Manchester, a mixed-use development incorporating purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), Build to Rent, a new education facility with teaching space, offices and a range of student amenities.

A £12m regeneration scheme underway by modular construction specialists Stelling Properties aims to restore and revive a historic site in the centre of Southampton. The scheme has now reached a major construction milestone.

The Hotel Nelson in Norwich, opposite the train station, is set to be demolished and rebuilt along with dozens of new homes and student accommodation.  Hospitality giant Whitbread, who own Premier Inn, have revealed a new look at the scheme after nearly two years in the works.