Construction of 168 affordable student apartments in downtown Montreal
There will be 168 new affordable student apartments in downtown Montreal – with the construction of Le Méridien. And the very first cohort of tenants is scheduled to move in for the start of the 2026 school year.
Telephone House: Student accommodation progresses as £18m of work planned
Proposals to redevelop Dundee’s Telephone House into student accommodation have taken a step forward as £18m worth of work is planned. In February Dundee City Council approved an application seeking permission to transform the BT building on Ward Road into student flats.
New PBSA coming to Toronto’s Cabbagetown
Forum Asset Management has launched a new project at 307 Sherbourne Street in Toronto to address the critical demand for student housing and affordable accommodations in the area.
Leeds approves 280-bed student living conversion
Plans brought forward by joint owners Global Mutual and Patron Capital to convert existing office space at the St John’s shopping centre into student accommodation have been approved.
Scottish Opera has plans approved for mixed-use development in Glasgow
Scottish Opera has secured planning permission for the build of a new headquarters and student accommodation in Glasgow. The mixed-use development will be built at the organisation’s New Rotterdam Wharf site by the Forth & Clyde Canal in the north of the city.
Wrexham University shares new student accommodation plans
Wrexham University recently announced plans to expand its student accommodation offering. The scheme forms part of the University’s ongoing £80m Campus 2025 masterplan. The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) is to be built within its Plas Coch campus in Wrexham.
Olympian Homes seals funding for Bristol’s tallest building
The funding agreement with Cain International and Apollo allows construction to advance on the scheme to build a 28-storey student accommodation block and a separate 18-storey co-living homes blocks.
$36M Loan Issued for UC Berkeley Student Housing
JLL Capital Markets secured $36 million in acquisition financing for Hawkins Way Capital to acquire Varsity Berkeley, a 79-unit, 308-bed student housing property near the University of California at Berkeley campus that changed hands for $46.3 million.
Appeal lodged over lack of decision on Glasgow student accommodation tower
Submitted by Cooper Cromar on behalf of Varsity Developments in May, the proposals would entail the full demolition of a tenement at 70-72A Waterloo Street and partial demolition of the B-listed Distillers’ Building at number 64.
Green light for 130-bed Coventry student scheme
Birmingham-based developer Sama Investment Group has got the planning thumbs up for its 130-bed student scheme on the edge of Coventry city centre.