UK & Ireland

61% of UK-based university students, who were recently surveyed, didn’t check whether their current accommodation was part of any accreditation schemes before booking. Despite over half (52%) saying that having student accommodation accreditation was important to them.

Cordatus Real Estate and 3DReid Architects are seeking change of use approval for 33 Bothwell Street following a declining occupancy rate.

A company that provides student accommodation has revealed their plans to open a ‘brand-new, luxury’ block on Ilkeston Road in time for the next academic year.

Student accommodation provider, true student, is developing a 494-bed scheme on the site of a former BMW car garage in Broad Lane, Sheffield. The building, called true Sheffield, will house students from both the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University.

Elva Ventures has been launched by John Diedrich – former Chief Investment Officer at CA Ventures. It is a new European platform dedicated to purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and already has a £200m development pipeline.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, together with local authority leaders and industry partners, attended MIPIM in Cannes, France to seek investment to help build thousands of more affordable homes for Londoners and to unlock new infrastructure and jobs in the capital.

Student Roost, the UK’s third largest purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) provider, and award-winning mental health charity Chasing the Stigma, have launched an industry-wide movement...

Over 10 years in the making, Brotherton House on Grace Street now boasts the newest, “hotel-style” student housing option in the city.

Work has started on a £20 million regeneration scheme that will bring new student accommodation to Southampton.

Student accommodation specialist Nido Living has launched a new 388-bed scheme in Lancaster on behalf of joint venture partners H.I.G and Primus.