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The founder and CEO of roomies is Nikolas Löbel, who has more than 10 years of experience in residential and co-living projects in Germany and Poland. Our initial focus is on the cities of Warsaw, Wroclaw, Krakow, Poznan and Gdansk. We buy, develop and operate our locations from a single source.

Located on the corner with Thorp Street at 34-36 Horse Fair, near Holloway Circus and Smallbrook Queensway, the Birmingham-based practice’s proposals for developer Torsion Development envisage a 13 storey-tall red brick tower providing 182 studio bedrooms alongside amenities and cycle storage.

How the development is expected to lookA DEVELOPER has been given permission to knock down under-used offices overlooking Blythswood Square and build a student accommodation block.

Alternative real estate debt provider London Wall Lending has set its sights on growth after listing a £300 million bond to expand its investor base.

Citrus Group, in a joint venture with Galliard Homes, wants to transform Prince Bishops' Place into a development comprising shops, leisure uses, a new public square, student housing and a hotel.

Veidekke ASA has been contracted by the Anker Foundation to transform an old office building in Oslo into modern student housing, with a project value of 163 million NOK excluding VAT.

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has paid $23.5 million for four properties within walking distance of campus as part of a plan to substantially increase undergraduate housing.

Gilbane Development has moved forward with plans to build a 277-unit apartment complex for Arizona State University students in Tempe, just east of Phoenix.

Clifford House, Exeter and Scotway House, Glasgow were recently announced as Legal & General’s first direct let student accommodation investments, with Homes for Students selected as the managing partners.

A lost B-listed furniture store in Dundee is to become student accommodation under plans filed by KR Developments and jmarchitects. The former Willison House at 56 Barrack Street is to be replaced by 367 beds in a variety of studio and cluster flats.