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Approval was given late last year to convert the abandoned Old Christchurch Road building into 129 premium en-suite student bedrooms. Property development firm Carve Developments has said it hopes to get the accommodation up and running by the next academic year in September 2024.

Property developer Downing has acquired the former Scottish headquarters of Reach PLC in a multimillion-pound deal. The acquisition builds on Downing recent acquisitions in Brighton, London, Bristol and Newcastle and allows for significant future expansion of the Downing portfolio.

Torsion Group to commence construction activities on highly anticipated 183 studio bed student accommodation development on Burley Street, Leeds.

More student housing is set to be built in Clemson after the City of Clemson planning commission approved a planned-use development for a new apartment building on Keowee Trail during its meeting on Feb. 12. The new development, as planned, will contain over 1300 beds, primarily student housing.

Aptitude Development, a leading student housing developer with a decade of experience, is excited to announce the imminent groundbreaking of The Marshall Tempe, a transformative student housing project set to redefine student living near Arizona State University.

LV Collective has announced plans to develop a 299-unit student housing development at 8133 Baltimore Ave. near the University of Maryland campus in the Lakeland neighbourhood of College Park.

With a goal to expand residential housing for students, UC Santa Barbara continues to advance on a development plan that will create 3,500 new student beds on the main campus, in accordance with the targets highlighted in the university’s 2010 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP).

Proposals to add 340 rooms at the Hathersage Road student complex in Manchester are in the works.  Empiric Student Property, which acquired Victoria Point site from MCR Property Group for just shy of £30m in 2016, has assembled a project team to work up plans for the scheme.

Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for a 941-bed-space student accommodation scheme on the Naas Road. The application from developer Malclose Ltd comprised a part 15-storey block and a part 11-storey block, to deliver 871 standard rooms, 47 accessible studio rooms and 23 studios.

abrdn has invested £110m on behalf of Phoenix and £13m on behalf of ILID, its Index-Linked Infrastructure Debt Fund, in West Slope Residencies Finance Limited - a partnership between the University of Sussex and Balfour Beatty Investments.