Glancy Nicholls submits proposal for another student tower in Birmingham
Located on the corner with Thorp Street at 34-36 Horse Fair, near Holloway Circus and Smallbrook Queensway, the Birmingham-based practice’s proposals for developer Torsion Development envisage a 13 storey-tall red brick tower providing 182 studio bedrooms alongside amenities and cycle storage.
City Centre Office Block Can Be Demolished For New Student Studios
How the development is expected to lookA DEVELOPER has been given permission to knock down under-used offices overlooking Blythswood Square and build a student accommodation block.
Alternative Lender Launches £300 Million Capital Raise
Alternative real estate debt provider London Wall Lending has set its sights on growth after listing a £300 million bond to expand its investor base.
Approval tipped for major Durham shopping centre redevelopment
Citrus Group, in a joint venture with Galliard Homes, wants to transform Prince Bishops' Place into a development comprising shops, leisure uses, a new public square, student housing and a hotel.
Plans filed for Dundee student housing
A lost B-listed furniture store in Dundee is to become student accommodation under plans filed by KR Developments and jmarchitects. The former Willison House at 56 Barrack Street is to be replaced by 367 beds in a variety of studio and cluster flats.
Legal and General partner with Homes for Students to enter the thriving PBSA market
Clifford House, Exeter and Scotway House, Glasgow were recently announced as Legal & General’s first direct let student accommodation investments, with Homes for Students selected as the managing partners.
Student accommodation allowed on appeal in Tower Hamlets
A planning inspector allowed an appeal today against the refusal of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for a student accommodation scheme in Mile End, London. The scheme includes 106 bedroom units of purpose-built student housing accommodation (PBSA), and commercial space at the ground floor level.
Edinburgh locals object as plans to extend student accommodation site submitted
Edinburgh locals have raised their concerns over plans to extend a student accommodation site. Plans to extend the Shrubhill House student accommodation, just off Leith Walk at 8 Middlefield, have been submitted to Edinburgh Council after previous plans to adapt the site were refused in 2023 in relation to daylighting.
Knight Frank sells Newcastle PBSA asset for £28.75m
Global property consultancy Knight Frank has facilitated the £28.75m sale of a PBSA asset in Newcastle. Situated in the heart of the city’s vibrant Quayside area, the Newcastle PBSA property is an institutional-grade scheme comprising 416 beds.
Limerick student accommodation development given green light after appeal
A high profile student development in the heart of Limerick City, which had been tied up in delays because of appeals, has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála.













