UK & Ireland

Patron Capital, a pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, has acquired Sheraton Park, a 418-bed purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Durham.

MRP Nottingham Ltd had been planning to build a 22-storey block at the junction of Queen’s Road and London Road, where a number of commercial units have been demolished.

Set for approval earlier this month, Scotsman Developments has now been granted planning permission by Fife Council to create 703 more purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) bedrooms at the former Madras College in St Andrews. The site is located to the south of St.

Nuveen Real Estate has provided a £151m development loan to urbanest, a PBSA developer focusing on the London market.

Progress House, Gilltown’s latest student accommodation block, is to go up on Westwood Business Park in Coventry, a mile from the University of Warwick campus. The project involves the demolition of an existing office building to make way for six storeys of student accommodation.

Plans to build a 46-storey tower containing almost 1,000 student bedrooms in Canary Wharf have been approved at City Hall, after Sir Sadiq Khan’s planning deputy overruled the local council.

Rockfield Real Estate, a vertically integrated living platform, and Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, consolidate their position in the sector with a new investment in Milan as part of their pan-European strategy dedicated to Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA).

Two accommodation blocks with more than 2,000 bedrooms will replace Newcastle University's Castle Leazes halls of residence, which is being demolished. The university said the new buildings would help deal with an 'immediate and pressing shortage' of student beds.

The University of Bath has launched early market engagement on a £100m project to build nearly 1,000 new student bedrooms on its main campus.

Dominus has given an update on their 669-bedroom purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at 65 Holborn Viaduct.