UK & Ireland

An empty office block could be demolished to make way for a 20-storey student development just outside Leeds city centre if plans are approved. The project would provide 717 bed spaces at the site on Duncombe Street, a report said.

The firm reported it was at last seeing an improvement in sentiment in the investment market bringing forward more opportunities. In the first half of the year, revenue rose 14% to £175m generating a modest profit of £2.1m after last year’s £43m full-year loss following provisions for building safety work.

A new 850-bedroom block of student accommodation has been proposed for Belfast. Irish investment house Elkstone Partners wants to build the scheme at 39 Corporation Street on the edge of the city centre and close to the Ulster University campus.

A former council office block in Huddersfield could be transformed into student accommodation under new plans. Should plans go ahead, each of the 107 studio apartments will come with an ensuite shower room, larger bed, study area, and hotel-style mood lighting. The development will also have fully wheelchair-accessible apartments.

Initially unveiled last year, the proposals by Varsity Developments would entail the full demolition of a tenement at 70-72A Waterloo Street and partial demolition of the B-listed Distillers’ Building at number 64.

The highly anticipated report of the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) rapid review into the UK’s Graduate Route visa has concluded that the UK’s Graduate...

Investment company Melburg Capital has secured full planning consent from Bristol City Council for the transformation of the former South Plaza office block into a new PBSA development, known as 360 Bristol. Melburg Capital were advised by Savills. 

Leeds City Council has approved the redevelopment of Springfield House to deliver a 334-bed purpose built student accommodation scheme centred around the refurbishment and conversion of the Grade II Listed Springfield House.

A student accommodation block in Worcester has been put on the market with commercial property agency Bond Wolfe for offers over £3m. Sansome Hall at 1 Sansome Walk in the town centre has 83 spacious en suite bedrooms and a warden’s flat across five storeys.

Landmark, based in Athens, Georgia, said it hired Tom Banning to spearhead its overseas effort as director of United Kingdom and Ireland developments. It enters the European market as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.