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Derby City Council approved Monk Street Ltd’s plan to replace a car showroom in Monk Street with a six-storey block of student flats comprising 102 rooms across 16 cluster flats.

Ward Group Investments has acquired Elvet Residences, a 178-room student accommodation complex in Durham, combining a Grade II-listed 18th-century coaching inn with modern facilities, supported by a £30 million investment to enhance asset value and operational control.

Brogan Group has secured the powered access contract for a student accommodation project in Manchester, supplying passenger and goods hoists to support site access up to 46 metres high.

Hammerson has obtained outline planning consent for a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development at Cabot Gate, Bristol, set to provide up to 600 units alongside new public realm and community spaces on underutilised land.

GSL has appointed Thiago Alves as Global Chief Revenue & Growth Officer to lead its international commercial performance and growth strategy, reflecting his key role in the company’s expansion over four years.

Savills has obtained planning approval for a new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project on Cadogan Street in Glasgow city centre, delivering 259 student beds in a design-led development near George Square.

GSL has appointed Madelin Smith as Chief Commercial Officer for APAC, a new role created to drive the company’s expansion across the Asia-Pacific residential living market.

Campus Living Villages secured a $70 million loan from the Australian Government via the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to build a new 352-bed student accommodation building opposite Charles Darwin University’s Danala - Education and Community Precinct in Darwin.

Secure Trust Bank Real Estate Finance has provided a £44.3 million loan to refinance three purpose-built student accommodation sites in Glasgow, Sheffield, and Leeds, developed or refurbished by Urbanite and backed by Prescient Capital.

Watkin Jones and Maslow Capital’s joint venture secured Gateway 2 approval for a 484-bed PBSA scheme on Malago Road, Bristol, set to regenerate a brownfield site in the city’s Temple Quarter.