UK & Ireland

Maynooth University officially opened Teach Uì Bhuachalla Student Accommodation, a new 4,000m² purpose-built facility in Maynooth town, with four-storey complex that offers 116 rooms.

Curlew Student Trust II sold Centurion House, a 146-bed PBSA asset in Bath, to global investment firm KKR as part of a £230 million portfolio including properties in London, Leeds, Sheffield, Brighton, Coventry, and Norwich.

Clegg Construction completed The Fabric Works, a 402-studio student accommodation scheme on Leylands Road, Leeds, delivered over two years with PPG Leeds, a joint venture between Primus Property Group and HIG Capital, ready for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Unipol’s survey of over 2,600 students across 37 UK universities reveals a student housing affordability crisis, with 76% prioritising cost but nearly two-thirds struggling to find accommodation within budget, paying an average of £36 more per week than planned.

The Irish government has allocated €67 million to University College Dublin (UCD) for 493 new student accommodation beds, marking the second phase of the €100 million Short-Term Activation Programme launched in 2022 to address student housing shortages.

A major student accommodation scheme of almost 300 bed spaces in a ten-storey building is being lined up in a South West city centre.

KKR and Inhabeo have acquired a £230 million portfolio of seven purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets from Curlew Student Trust II, comprising 2,179 beds across seven UK university cities.

ActivumSG has launched a value-add PBSA platform targeting over £500m in assets under management, starting with a portfolio of seven UK assets totalling 972 beds, primarily serving Russell Group university students in Manchester, Edinburgh, Exeter, and Cardiff.

Bouygues UK has secured the main construction contract from UPP to deliver the University of Exeter’s West Park student accommodation scheme, valued at £185 million, which will provide 1,849 new student beds across six new blocks.

Study Inn has submitted plans for a 110-bed student accommodation building in York, featuring studio rooms and six-bedroom cluster apartments with en suites, alongside on-site amenities including a health spa, gym, games room, and outdoor garden.