UK & Ireland

WinPBSA has launched the first sector-specific Menopause Best Practice Guide for the student accommodation industry, supported by two new anonymous surveys targeting leadership, HR, and employees to capture the impact of menopause on experienced female talent aged 35–55.

A 500-bed student accommodation site on Freestone Island, opposite the University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter campus, has been listed for sale with immediate development potential.

Unite Group has sold its 571-bed St Pancras Way PBSA scheme in London to USAF for £186 million, receiving around £115 million in cash and the remainder in new USAF units, increasing its stake in USAF to 32%.

A 1.063-acre freehold site at Freestone Island, Bristol, opposite the University of Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus, is on sale as a fully remediated, demolition-complete PBSA development ready for immediate construction.

Downing Property Finance has secured three PBSA development loans totalling approximately £47.5m across Glasgow, Bristol, and Manchester, reinforcing its growth strategy in the student accommodation sector.

Dominus and Cheyne Capital secured a £250 million loan from Standard Chartered to convert 65 Fleet Street, London, into a 370,000 sq ft student accommodation scheme offering 875 rooms, with 35% at affordable rents regulated by the mayor of London.

Hampshire Trust Bank has provided a £13.5 million, 18-month facility to refinance and support the repositioning of the 664-bed Kirkstall Brewery campus in Leeds, which includes a 442-bed parcel with planning consent for conversion into 151 private rented sector apartments and 202 retained PBSA beds.

The new UK living platform, led by PBSA pioneer Tim Butler, has appointed Johnny Langton as head of operations; Langton brings over 12 years of real estate experience, including leadership roles at Greystar and interim managing director at Student Roost.

Stormborn Capital Acquisition Three Limited has submitted a six-year planning application to refurbish and extend Phibsborough Tower into a nine-storey, 150-bedroom hotel, alongside a five- to nine-storey purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme with 411 bedspaces at Phibsborough Shopping Centre and adjacent lands in Dublin 7.

Landmark Properties has exchanged contracts to partner with Citrus Group and Galliard Homes to invest in Prince Bishops Place.