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Manner, the London-based development group, has lodged plans to build a 36-storey, purpose-built student accommodation tower at the derelict Hotspur Press site in central Manchester.

The newly formed JV is expected to scale over time as it invests in Italian living opportunities, with an initial focus on Northern Italy. Harrison Street, the specialist alternative real assets manager, has established a JV with Swiss real estate group, Artisa, seeded with the acquisition of Viale Monza, a 260-unit residential asset in Milan, Italy.

Investec Real Estate has announced a £15.6m loan to Moorfield Group, a UK-focused real estate fund manager, for the development of a 293-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Lincoln.

A joint venture partnership has lodged plans for a student accommodation development of more than 800 units on the site of a former Sainsbury's in Birmingham.

A developer has secured planning permission to build an 11 storey student accommodation scheme on the site of a well-known Belfast night venue. FMN Properties Ltd is proposing 201 student units on the site of Filthy McNastys on the Dublin Road.

Plans to turn a disused mill building in the New Basford area of Nottingham into a 136-bedroom student accommodation scheme have been revealed. Dave Landa of JGM Limited has submitted the plans for 490 Radford Road.

Tottenham Hotspur had previously won approval for 72 residential flats and a cinema on the site but will now build 287 student bedrooms instead.

The strategy will be led by Rosethorn CEO Stephen Rigby, who brings more than ten years’ experience in PBSA. Rigby was a founder and chief investment officer at Student Roost which was acquired by GIC and Greystar in 2022 for £3.34 bn (€3.9 bn).

Colorado School of Mines has started building five apartment buildings in Mines Park, which is along 19th Street west of U.S. Highway 6. The new buildings, which will be student housing for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students and graduate-student families, are scheduled to open in August 2025.

Construction has begun on the first student housing project at North Island College (NIC) in the Comox Valley, which will provide over 200 students with on-campus accommodation.