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Unipol is pleased to announce the appointment of Sam Bailey-Watts as its new Chief Executive Officer. A highly experienced leader in the UK student housing sector, Sam brings his experience of over 30 years, having held senior strategic roles across both university and commercial settings.

Developer Greystar has appointed McAleer & Rushe to deliver an £90m purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Birmingham. The Triangle scheme, located on a former Sainsbury’s supermarket site in Selly Oak, will provide 836 student bedrooms across two buildings.

Plans to build a 46-storey tower containing almost 1,000 student bedrooms in Canary Wharf have been given the green light by City Hall, after Sir Sadiq Khan’s planning deputy overruled the local council.

Following outline planning consent being granted at the end of last year, CxG Glasgow Limited has brought forward an application for a 620-bed student accommodation development on the south side of Bath Street.

Developer Erben has filed plans for a student living tower on a site created when a bus station and rail line were buried as part of the Perth City Link. The 21-storey plans for lot 19 are the latest to be filed with DevelopmentWA for the 13.

Planning commissioners on Tuesday approved a development plan for another proposed student-oriented housing complex downtown. The plan shows 294 units and 1,011 bedrooms. Portions of the building are five stories, with the parking garage in the center of the complex reaching seven stories.

Tyne Coast College has submitted a planning application to South Tyneside Council’s planning department for its One Harton Quay purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) development. The scheme would transform a riverside office building in South Shields into a 125-bedroom PBSA development.

Titijaya Land Berhad has announced the proposed acquisition of two property assets in Kota Kinabalu for a total of RM105 million.

One of the most expensive York properties ever to be brought to market has just been put up for sale for £27.8 million. The Coal Yard on Mansfield Street is seen as a significant investment opportunity.

For its largest-ever student housing complex project in decades, the University of British Columbia (UBC) has enlisted a prominent international architectural firm from Denmark to lead the design work. The first phase of the redevelopment of St.