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The major redevelopment, which has been backed by city planners, will mean that the former cattle sheds behind the Corn Exchange torn down and replaced with a mix of flats, affordable homes and purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) if the proposals are approved by councillors next week.

Aldermore has provided loans totalling £20.9m to Study Inn Group for a 400 room, two phase student accommodation development, in the heart of Leeds city centre.

Developer Southern Grove has secured permission to create a £75million mixed-use student accommodation scheme that will complete the transformation of Hackney Wick into one of the fastest growing educational and cultural centres in London.

Student accommodation group, Unite Students, has invested £65m in the refurbishment of three of its Manchester properties. Work on Parkway Gate, Kincardine Court and New Medlock House was completed in time for the start of the 2022/23 academic year.

A new student accommodation scheme in central Leeds has been sold to Q Investment Partners (QIP), a Singapore-headquartered private equity real estate firm, in a deal worth about £15m. The 88 studio apartments with associated amenities, are being built at 26-34 Merrion Street.

The site of a former mental health hospital in York is set to become home to student accommodation featuring 210 rooms, in a largely ‘car-free’ development. York St John University has submitted plans to build three storey blocks of flats for their students at Peppermill Court, Ramsay Close.

The Belfast-based IT firm Kainos has sold half of its new headquarters site to Queen's University. The university intends to develop student accommodation.

A flagship University of York student accommodation campus has reached completion, creating 1,480 beds across 18 accommodation blocks for the increasing student population.

Cerberus Capital Management has provided a £66.2m (€75.4m) loan to help fund two projects being developed by Partners Group and Host Student Housing UK student housing and co-living investment venture.

Robertson is main contractor on the £62m job to convert the listed former council-owned Leonardo buildings into student accommodation for developer McLaren Property.