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Starkville’s board of aldermen approved a variance and special exemption for a $45 million project by Desai Companies and York Developments, enabling construction of a 100-room Home2Suites hotel and 500-bed student housing on a 21.6-acre site near Highway 12 and Pat Station Road.

Starwood Capital Group and Trinitas Ventures have secured $100.3 million in construction financing to deliver student housing near the University of Pittsburgh.

Giant student landlord Unite Group has announced two senior departures and a plan to become a “smaller, more focused business”.

Further and Higher Education Minister James Lawless has announced the publication of an expression of interest process to support the delivery of thousands of new third level student beds across the country under the Higher Education Institutions Student Accommodation Programme. 

MCR Property Group has acquired the 427-bed Snow Island student accommodation in Huddersfield, located within a three-minute walk of the University of Huddersfield’s Queensgate campus, expanding its Flow Student platform into a new regional market.

Monument Square Investment Group affiliate and an unnamed investment management firm acquired The Social Block and Townhomes, a 962-bed student housing community near Mississippi State University in Starkville.

Greystar filed to rezone a 5.33-acre site near the University of Utah from Institutional to Mixed Use 6, proposing a five-story student housing development with 345 units and 1,010 beds, including amenities like courtyards, a pool, and a rooftop lounge, aiming to meet growing demand near campus.

A former Brisbane office tower at 41 George Street has been transformed into Australia's largest office-to-student accommodation conversion, housing 1,182 beds.

UPP and the University reached financial close on West Park, Europe’s largest Passivhaus student accommodation project, 12 months ago, marking a significant milestone in sustainable PBSA development.

Caddick Construction has marked a major milestone in the build programme at Whitesmocks Limited’s Melbury Court scheme with a topping-out ceremony as the 232-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project reaches its highest point.