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Landmark Properties plans to develop The Mark College Park, a student housing community adjacent to the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. The developer’s construction arm, Landmark Construction, will serve as the general contractor for the 2,079-bed project.

Plans to transform the former Marks & Spencer store on Sauchiehall Street into student accommodation have moved a “step closer”, its developer has declared.

Advent Integrated Services Ltd, an infrastructure renewal and development firm, has partnered with the Lagos State Government, Lagos State University (LASU), and other stakeholders through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative to complete a new 1,128-bed Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) at LASU.

Turning Bath office block in Bath into 34 student flats, dividing a Weston-super-Mare home into two houses, and combining back together a Bath mansion where the same thing had happened are among the schemes people are trying to get planning permission for in Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerse

Cheltenham Ladies' College has put forward ambitious plans to build a new 65-bed student accommodation house in Cheltenham, which would also include staff accommodation units and a staff 'crash pad'.

Plans have been approved to knock down offices in Glasgow city centre to build student accommodation. Glasgow City Council planners have given a developer permission to demolish the under-used spaced in a bid to build a busy student block overlooking Blythswood Square. Courie Investments Ltd’s put forward a proposal to redevelop the corner site at 249 West George Street with plans for the new building to have nearly 150 studios.

The growth of our pan-European next-generation student housing platform has entered a new phase, with a significant new partnership and two new acquisitions in Spain. Amro Partners has joined forces with Invesco Real Estate, the USD 90bn global real estate investment business of Invesco Ltd.

Lionrock Property is currently in charge of two student accommodation projects at 177 Prince Edward West and 56 Ma Tau Wai Road. Upholding the core concept of people-oriented, we located the student accommodation in a community with comprehensive facilities to provide long-term accommodation for students in need.

Q Investment Partners (QIP) is aiming to expand its investments into the UK purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market. In July, the firm entered a £100m joint venture partnership with Gamuda Land to develop student housing in the UK.

GMI Construction has secured a major Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) contract to deliver a £50m scheme in Bristol. The project, on behalf of Host, represents GMI Construction’s first major residential contract win in the South West of England as it expands the footprint of its Midlands-based operation.