UK & Ireland

Grandpont House in Abingdon Road has applied to Oxford City Council for planning permission to help revitalise its grade II-listed 18th-century building.

The Dot Group, the global leader in student living, is pleased to announce the closing of its acquisition of the CRM Students Ltd group of companies from CORESTATE Capital Holdings S.A.

Fresh plans have been submitted to build a 225-bed student accommodation in Donnybrook, south Co. Dublin, on a site which is already the subject of judicial review proceedings, leading to anger among locals.

Leading building and civil engineering contractor, Farrans Construction, has completed and handed over a luxury 20-storey student residential scheme in Leeds city centre for client Infinity Construction Enterprise Limited, part of the YPP Group.

Leading and privately owned residential-led mixed-use developer – Regal London – launches a new brand portfolio to support its increasingly diversified strategy.

Watkin Jones has announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer to take over the role in the summer as part of a “managed succession process”.

Plans for a new £55m purpose built student accommodation development in Belfast city centre have been submitted. Property development company South Bank Square has confirmed that it has submitted a planning application for the major purpose-built student accommodation at Fanum House.

Some 493 beds will be provided at University College Dublin (UCD), while 405 and 116 beds will be constructed at Dublin City University (DCU) and Maynooth University respectively.

Plans to demolish a former city centre bank and a bar to build 173 student flats have been recommended for approval next week. Caledon Properties Ltd initially got permission to build a hotel on the site, at the corner of Trongate and Hutcheson Street, but have changed the proposal to student accommodation.

Plans to transform the site of a former Barker & Stonehouse showroom in Newcastle into student accommodation look set for approval. The application relates to a 0.7-acre site on Leazes Park Road which is occupied by the retailer as well as Strawberry House.