UK & Ireland

Twenty four new homes and student accommodation with 40 beds in Forres have been approved by Moray Council. The local authority’s Planning and Regulatory Services Committee has given the go-ahead for phase one of the Dallas Dhu Masterplan, a collaboration between Moray Council and Altyre Estate.

Maslow Capital has provided a £114m development loan to YourTRIBE for two purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) projects in London.

Rengen Developments has completed the Beaufort House purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development in Exeter city centre. Owned by Rengen Limmer Exeter Limited, Beaufort House comprises 105 apartments with en-suite bathrooms.

Apache Capital has hired Ben O’Connor from Get Living as portfolio investment director.

Ni Ann Ltd has submitted revised plans for a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Leamington. Designed by BPN Architects, the plans aim to renovate a nightclub on 5-9 Tavistock Street.

Plans to demolish a central London petrol station and replace it with towers up to 29 storeys high to house hundreds of university students have been “supported in principle” by City Hall.

Plans to demolish a student housing accommodation block because of fire safety concerns have been approved, less than two decades after it was built.

A joint venture between Places for London, TfL’s property company, and central London developer Helical, has received a resolution to grant planning approval from the London Borough of Southwark for the development of a 15 storey purpose-built student accommodation scheme (PBSA), comprising 429 st

Beachrock has listed the Walnut Tree Close purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development site in Guildford, Surrey. The planning consent is for a mix of different accommodation types made up of 268 (78%) en-suite cluster bedrooms and 77 studio bedrooms (22%). The site also includes a separate block of 54 affordable housing units of between one and three bedrooms.

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Patrick Hogan as Head of EMEA Living Capital Markets. He will succeed Stephen Screene who is relocating to the Middle East and joining a significant client in the region.