UK & Ireland

47-­51 North Road Limited has submitted planning to convert empty offices in Lancaster city centre into a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA)development, which has been designed by Zub Architecture. The plans are for 30-bedrooms – 15 couple studios and 15 single studios.

Provider of on-campus student accommodation infrastructure in the UK – UPP – has completed the financing of a new £110m sustainability-linked corporate revolving credit facility (RCF) with Deutsche Bank.

Centurion is considering the establishment of a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) comprising some of its worker and purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets. The plan has sent its share price surging. The price increased by 6.3% on 8 January 2025 after the news began to emerge.

FaulknerBrowns has revised its plans for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Southwark to add a second staircase. Layouts at the eight-storey scheme have been rearranged to accommodate a larger core.

A decision on plans to convert Venture Tower, a 1960s office building on Fratton Road, into student accommodation will be made next week. The...

Plans to convert an office building in Bath into student accommodation have been backed. Bath and North East Somerset Council's planning committee agreed to 'delegate to permit' an application by Eagle One Estates. The decision was in line with an officer's report recommendation.

Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) third-party manager Fresh has successfully taken over the management of the Alma Place development in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The scheme comprises 393-units in a mix of en-suite and studio apartments.

Plans have been submitted to build a 33-storey student accommodation block in Manchester’s City Centre. The block would have 861 rooms and would be built on the corner of Hulme Street and Medlock Street, a short commute away from both the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University.

Magdalen College has put forward plans to demolish the Waynflete Building in St Clement's and rebuild new facilities in its place, including 76 student bedrooms. The scheme will involve the demolition of the Waynflete Building and the existing extensions at the back of 9-13 St Clement's.

Private developers signed a record 22 land deals for purpose-built student accommodation in 2024, totalling £473 million (AUD $910 million), according to the Knight Frank report.