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Residential living-focused real estate investment manager IP Investment Management (IPIM) and property and private equity manager Maven Capital Partners have acquired the Marketgait student accommodation development site in Dundee.

Recycling firm Dalton Metal Recycling is seeking to redevelop its site at 52-66 Salamander Street with purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and build-to-rent accommodation as well as retail/commercial space and associated works.

A Liverpool company that provides accommodation for 8,000 students in ten university cities across the UK has bought a city centre car park in Bristol. Although Downing are keeping tight-lipped about their plans for the Nelson Street car park, their sister business Downing Students promises “inspirational, purpose-built student accommodation… creating a world-class experience”.

Syracuse University has received approvals from the Board of Trustees to convert the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center into a nearly 400-bed, on-campus student community. Development will begin in May 2024 and is slated for completion in fall the same year.

C.W. Driver Companies has begun construction on a 198-bed student housing complex at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). Once completed for opening in Fall 2025, the $55.7-million project will add two four-story buildings, which will include housing, engagement spaces, student lounges, and space for large-scale programming, to the 365-acre campus.

San José State University and Throckmorton Partners have announced a landmark partnership to significantly expand the university’s undergraduate housing inventory. SJSU is embarking on the Bay Area’s largest post-pandemic conversion of a downtown commercial property to student residential housing.

Harrison Street's Canada Alternative Real Estate Fund has acquired two student housing properties in Kingston which cater to Queen’s University students. The properties — 168 Division St. and 14 Garrett St. — were completed in 2022 and total 53 units and 145 beds. All the units are occupied.

The student accommodation owner, developer, and operator, Study Inn, celebrated another milestone in its journey to 10,000 PBSA rooms at the topping out ceremony of its latest Leeds development.

Construction has begun on a £160m purpose-built student accommodation, set to be the largest private accommodation scheme servicing the University of Warwick.

The Florida Board of Governors has given the green light to Florida A&M University‘s (FAMU) proposal to construct a state-of-the-art on-campus residence with 700 beds.