U-turn on new Greenwich flats plan in favour of student accommodation
Plans for a set of flats in Greenwich have been revised to include 190 student rooms instead. The project would see the new rooms, 35 per cent of which would be 'affordable', being added to the Woolwich Road site alongside public realm improvements and communal gardens.
MRP formally submits bid for £80m student accommodation scheme in Belfast city centre
Co Tyrone developer MRP has formally submitted a planning application for an £80 million student accommodation scheme in Belfast city centre.
Vita to deliver 750 more student beds at First Street
Proposals for the developer’s third PBSA scheme within the Manchester neighbourhood are being worked up on one of the few remaining vacant plots.
UWE Bristol completes largest low carbon student accommodation development in UK
New student accommodation at UWE Bristol which is the largest low carbon development of its kind in the UK has been completed. Purdown View, a 900-bedroom student village at Frenchay campus, will be fully occupied for the next academic year starting in September.
Students in Ireland no longer require 51-week minimum rental accommodation lease
It's now illegal for student accommodation providers to enforce a minimum 51-week lease on students. The President signed the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill into law this afternoon.
Plans for student flats at site of Edinburgh office block brought forward
Plans have been lodged to redevelop an office block site into a student accommodation complex. The site sits next to two university campuses and includes 382 student flats as well as commercial space.
Torsion appoints news Chief Operating Officer
During his six years at the firm Worsley has been responsible for assembling the development of 3,200 PBSA beds and 1,150 Residential Apartments. He has generated more than £710m of capital, including institutional and private equity.
Associated Architects gets go-ahead for 1,200 student bed Birmingham scheme
Birmingham City Council's planning committee voted in favour of the scheme last week by 14 votes to one. The 34-storey building would sit on the north of the 0.87ha site, facing the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, and houses 740 student beds.
UCB to merge student housing into new 1,205-bed scheme
University College Birmingham (UCB) has secured planning permission from Birmingham City Council to develop a new student scheme that will consolidate its current student accommodation offering into one building.
Plans for student scheme on major Nottingham gateway given backing of planners
Plans for new a new student accommodation scheme on one of Nottingham’s busiest junctions have been given the backing of planning bosses ahead of next week’s planning committee meeting.
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