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Bristol-based construction and development company Real has started work on the Hollis Building for developer Alumno Group. The £12.6 million project will see the creation of 120 rooms of Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) across four storeys, with bespoke commercial space on the ground floor.

Manchester City Council gave its approval to the revised iQ Student Accommodation-backed scheme last week (27 July) for a 38,350m2 development on Echo Street, Manchester, providing 1,224 student rooms. The 0.49ha site will be made up of three 16, 21 and 27-storey towers with 11 and 15-storey linked buildings close to Manchester Piccadilly station and the North Campus of the University of Manchester.

In order to build a mixed-use, 508-bed student housing complex by 2026, Clark University in Worcester plans to demolish and rebuild an entire block of Main Street in the Main South neighborhood in 2024, including three historic structures and a number of businesses.

A former Lincoln police station dubbed the Ryvita building is expected to be sold "in the coming months", says the crime commissioner. Constructed in 1973 to a design which resembles the popular rye bread, it closed in 2019 and police relocated to a new station in South Park. Key worker flats, offices and student accommodation had previously been suggested as possible future uses.

The new development will provide 169 studio bedrooms with best-in-class facilities to serve the University of Glasgow and the University of Strathclyde, where there is a chronic shortage of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA).

David Tymms has joined Housemates, which focuses on delivering innovative and tech-driven solutions so students can easily find and book a place to live.

T2 Capital Management and Muinzer Management recently acquired Station 21, a 201-unit, 629-bed, student housing community that serves the students at Purdue University. The 7-building garden style property sits on 19.7 acres and includes amenities such as a state-of-the-art fitness center, dog park, resort style swimming pool, sand volleyball court, basketball court, and a private shuttle to campus.

The Peralta Community College District is moving closer to building its first-ever student housing, asking the state for $52 million for a dorm in Alameda. The grant would cover about half the cost of the 306-bed project, where students would pay below-market rents for single or double rooms and have access to support services.

Building work has officially started on a 271-bed student accommodation block at a former Argos site in Nottingham. Set to open in time for the academic year starting next September, Bromley Place will incorporate an existing three-storey Victorian building at its site in Lower Parliament Street.

Der Wiesbadener Immobilienfinanzierer hat für drei Studentenwohnkomplexe in London mit zusammen mehr als 1.700 Betten ein Darlehen über 380 Mio. GBP ausgereicht. Kreditnehmer ist das Joint Venture Chapter, unter dessen Marke die Objekte betrieben werden.