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The new student accommodation scheme will have 252 beds (in studios and cluster units) on the corner of Matilda Street and Eyre Street in the city centre. The building will come with amenities such as student hubs, cycle storage, laundry, gym, private dining, private study room, outdoor terraces and staff facilities.

Plans for student housing at a site previously earmarked for homes have been recommended for approval. The Vita Group plans with CDA architects and Turley are for student accommodation for 267 at New Waverley North in Edinburgh in place of a previously approved proposal for 90 build to rent homes.

McLaren Property got the go ahead from BCP Council for its scheme on Hinton Road, at the former Westover Garage site. Featured in the approved proposals are 161 bedrooms with 170 bedspaces, in the form of 157 studios and 13 adoptable twodios.

The approved proposal will create modern, high-quality, purpose-built student accommodation on the Fallowfield campus. It forms part of a phased redevelopment to increase the supply of modern bedrooms and student socialising spaces to provide a supportive residential experience.

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, announces it has acquired a portfolio of six PBSA assets and a mixed-use commercial property as part of a £150m investment into the student accommodation sector.

GMI Construction Group has broken ground on a £50m student accommodation scheme on the site of a former York cinema and bingo hall. Spanning 80,000 sq. feet, the four-storey building in the Fulford area will provide 275 beds alongside an array of modern amenities, including a gym, yoga studio, games room, co-working spaces, group dining areas, integrated cycle parking, and landscaped courtyards.

Over ten years’ worth of Global Student Living Index (GSL Index) data highlights that first impressions count when it comes to student accommodation. The...

Ashling Fox, MBA, CMgr FCMI. has been appointed Managing Director for Student Roost, bringing to the role more than 20 years of experience from the housing and financial sectors. Managing director will lead 26,000-bed student accommodation provider on behalf of GIC and Greystar.

Plans for a large-scale student accommodation development on the edge of the Scottish capital have been unveiled. The proposals for the student development that includes 384 cluster bedrooms and 44 studios have been put forward for consultation by Scott Hobbs Planning on behalf of the site owners.

Plans to build a new accommodation block to house 101 students and additional office space on an empty site by the M32 have been revealed. Godwin Developments have launched a consultation on the plans for a seven-storey purpose-built student accommodation block and ground-floor office space on the site next to the Shell petrol station prior to submitting a planning application.