UK & Ireland

 Investcorp, a leading global alternative investment firm, today published a white paper outlining significant investment opportunities in the United Kingdom (UK) student accommodation sector.

Plans for a mixed-use development, comprising student accommodation and an events venue, on a site at Leeds Arena that includes the Yorkshire Bank head office building have been given the green light.

Plans to bulldoze an “eyesore” building near Paisley Museum and replace it with student accommodation have been given the green light.

The purpose-built student accommodation, Fusion at Brent Cross Town, is set to be a flagship development as part of the £7bn Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration programme.  The landmark development will provide 662 private rooms across three connected buildings that range from nine to 22 storeys.

Changing Behaviours, the new research report from ASK4, Utopi and Spike, explores the ways in which building energy usage and carbon emissions can be reduced by helping residents modify their habits.

UK Property Development Group, Landage Group, has recently applied for permission to build a five-story student housing complex in Middlesbrough.

Providing active ground floor uses, which may include retail or commercial uses, the proposed development could generate around 250 construction jobs, including direct on-site jobs and jobs in the construction supply chain.

Plans to convert a former flagship Marks & Spencer store into student accommodation are being accelerated to meet an escalating beds crisis.

Pre-application proposals from Quarry Hill Developments Ltd, supported by ID Planning, will be presented to Leeds City Council's City Plans Panel on 3 November 2022. The plans are for Block D of the SoYo scheme, a major mixed-use development with the wider Quarry Hill site.

A 92-block apartment complex which could be turned into student accommodation has gone on the market for £2.5 million. Permission to flatten existing buildings in the area has already been granted, but work has yet to begin.