UK & Ireland

urbanest has announced that its 1,672-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Canary Wharf is just weeks away from topping out.

A student accommodation block in Belfast City Centre is to open 30 percent of its rooms for short let accommodation due to “an abnormally high number of voids within the building” for this academic year.

For four years Jack Rigby was at the helm of Vita Group’s comms, taking the business out of the shadows and championing Vita as an innovative industry leader in the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), co-living and Built to Rent sectors.

true student is set to breathe new life into a historic Leicester landmark, transforming the iconic former Freeman, Hardy and Willis building on Rutland Street into a premium purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) hub, following securing planning permission last month.

BGO Strategic Capital Partners has successfully recapitalised a portfolio of two purpose-built student accommodation assets in the UK, in partnership with Orka Investments.

BR Consultants has submitted plans for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project in Bonnington, Edinburgh. The site, currently occupied entirely by a light industrial building, is rectangular in shape measuring at 0.

Unite Students has completed an upgrade to its purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) property in Durham. Work to the existing building includes new college staff offices, welfare and study spaces, as well as the reinstatement of the historic entrance.

Due to be fully complete by summer next year, the 1,224-bed Echo Street project is being delivered by contractor Bowmer + Kirkland, which has now reached the build’s highest point. Topping out at 28 storeys, the tallest of three interlinked buildings will rise to 81 metres.

Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) operator mys Living has appointed Mark Findlay as Director of Development. Mark joins the company from Gardiner & Theobald where he was Partner in charge of its Edinburgh Office.

Owned by Afar Group Ltd and managed through Unipad Management Limited – both under the ownership of local developer Anas Mister – this ambitious project will modernise an existing student accommodation block that has fallen into disrepair, delivering significant benefits for local residents, creating jobs, and preserving the city’s industrial heritage.