UK & Ireland

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has unveiled a series of investments which will see €500m in funding made available for home retrofitting and a further €200m for student accommodation across Ireland.

Leading provider of finance, accounting, and back-office services in the purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and Built to Rent sectors – QX Global Group – has appointed Philip Hillman as its Senior Consultant for Living Real Estate Sectors.

Waterford City and County Council has granted conditional planning permission for the construction of purpose built student accommodation in Waterford City.

Asset manager Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), on behalf of Legal & General Retirement Institutional (LGRI), has recently announced the completion of its first direct-let purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) acquisition, following the purchase of the Aqua Portfolio from Global Student Accommodation (GSA).

Queen’s University secures planning permission from Belfast City Council planning committee to build Belfast’s first certified Passivhaus PBSA scheme, which is also the largest certified Passivhaus project on the island of Ireland.

A planning application has been submitted for the first student accommodation project in Belfast's Titanic Quarter. The housing scheme is being proposed by a joint venture between Lacuna, a Northern Ireland-based developer, and the Welsh firm Watkins Jones.

Revised plans for a £76million development to regenerate the M&S site on Sauchiehall Street are to be approved by Glasgow City Council. The plans, brought forward by student accommodation developers Fusion Group, will see the construction of a student-led, mixed-use development on the site of the former Marks & Spencer store.

Global property consultancy Knight Frank has launched its latest UK Student Housing Market Update, revealing that investment in UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) was robust in the first quarter of 2024 with a total of 21 transactions completed with a combined value of nearly £750 million.

Edinburgh is also experiencing a considerable shortfall needing an additional 17,000 beds to cater to students within the city. Savills analysed the PBSA market across 20 of the UK’s largest student cities, containing more than 1.3 million full-time students and circa 500,000 operational beds.

Ealing Council has approved the construction of 412 student rooms near West Ealing station. The planning application received over 550 objections from residents associations, businesses and campaigners due to its controversial height.